A Japanese official gives a speech in Japan during World War II. Japanese officials seated and speaking.
Demonstrations given by Japanese troops on ice in Japan during World War II. Two Japanese men sled riding on snow. Spectators watch. Japanese troops demonstrate fighting tactics on ice. Soldiers in ice, skate. Japanese soldiers on skates fence with bamboo poles.
After successfully mediating an armistice between French forces in Indochina and Thailand, during World War II, Japan facilitates the signing of a Peace Treaty between Vichy France and Thailand. Cars carrying diplomats enter gates of the Japanese prime minister's official residence. Views of the Treaty being signed in the Great Hall. Japanese, Thai, and French officials are seen at a conference table, signing the Peace Treaty documents, on May 9 1941. Japanese Foreign Minister Yousuke Matsuoka delivers a congratulatory address following the signing of the Treaty. Officials have drinks. A Vichy French official speaks. Thai official speaks before microphone.
"Kabuki-Za" Theater (specialized in Japanese traditional kabukis) in Ginza Higashi, Kyobashi-Ward (current Chuo-Ward, Tokyo, Japan. Japanese crowd arrive at "Kabuki-Za" Theater. Japanese women wearing kimono look at wall paintings (kabuki posters). In the backstage, Ichikawa Danjyuro XI (famous kabuki performer,1909-1965) is reading play scripts of today's musical program called "Kagami-zishi" and a female impersonator (Danjyuro XI) is getting ready in front of the mirror. The stage curtain rises. The audience seated. Singers with traditional kabuki band starts playing and singing kabuki music on the stage. Danjyuro XI performs a kabuki dance as a female impersonator . Kabuki perfomers (consist of only males) dressed in costumes perform dance.
A sumo wrestling match in Japan. The sumo wrestlers and a referee in ring. Spectators watching the match. The crowd applauds.
A kimono fashion show in Japan. A Japanese woman drinks tea during a tea ceremony. A Japanese woman models a printed kimono. A woman stretches her arms as she demonstrates the long sleeves of her printed kimono. Three women model their kimonos onstage. Two male attendants remove an elaborate kimono from a kimono display rack. A woman goes onstage to demonstrate how to wear the kimono. Male attendants help the girl wear kimono. Girl models her elaborate kimono. Women modeling printed kimonos. Japanese women in various poses during kimono fashion show.
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