Opening scene shows several Japanese soldiers firing a 105mm cannon in a field. Soldiers firing small arms from a trench. A messenger dog carrying a pouch through smoke. It contains ammunition that soldiers remove in a trench where the dog delivered it. Soldiers in prone positions, reloading rifles in smoke from surrounding fire. Messenger dog seen again running through the haze. Japanese artillerymen firing Type 38 75 mm Field Gun. Battery of several firing nearby. A Japanese Army 90-series bi-plane flies overhead and drops a small object by a small parachute. A Japanese Renault FT camouflaged tank moves across the field. Japanese officers observing through binoculars. Two soldiers run carrying a Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun and set it up next to another in the field. Smoke rising from several spots in the field. Cavalry charge across the field. Artillerymen load and fire a 75mm field piece. Smoke rising behind several corn stalks. An airplane drops another small object by parachute. A Renault tankette moves across the field. More cavalry in the field. A Type 89 medium tank I-Go moves at high speed past the camera, raising smoke in its wake.
Japanese farmers use raw sewage, straws, and weeds as mulch for field fertilization. Grass and weeds are processed into mulch. Japanese farmer treats rice field with fertilizer. Woman steps on weeds, sinking the weeds into the muddy field to make mulch. Artificial fertilizers are also used to fertilize the fields. April 1934.
Kendo martial arts match between two Japanese boys. The boys engage in Kendo with Shinai sticks while wearing protective masks and Kendo armor (known and bougu). Children play and swim in the warm sunlight. Japanese children swimming. A Japanese grandmother holding an infant. A farmer planting rice in rice field. A group of children follow cinematographer Fred C. Ells. Rural Japanese boy carries a traditional Japanese umbrella April 1934.
A Japanese woman follows her husband. Man sits to read a newspaper beside a tokonoma (Japanese alcove). The woman touches the hair of a girl in kimono. The man looks up to his wife. The woman tidies the girl’s kimono while the girl stands. Two Japanese boys in Western clothing read books. The woman sits beside her husband. The two boys stand up. Children bow down to their parents. Japanese woman wiping the wooden floors of the engawa (veranda), create ikebana (floral arrangement), and places ikebana on the alcove. Her daughter joins her in chores. Various kinds of traditional Tsugegushi wooden combs are placed on the table. A hairdresser combs the hair of a Japanese woman. Japanese woman shows her traditional yuiwata hairstyle. The hairdresser places a kangashi comb ornament on top of woman’s hair. A woman puts on a kimono with the help of a girl. Girl puts obi sash on woman. Woman shows off her kimono.
View of Edo/Tokugawa period Ukiyo-e prints made by Harunobu Suzuki, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” print by Hokusai. An artist carves a small wooden statue. Hand places wooden statuettes on display. Japanese men examine ceramics made by artisans. Dancers perform Odori and Mai dances. A Japanese dancer performs with a doll.
A Japanese poet composes a haiku poem. The poet writes a Haiku from his desk. He is using a traditional brush when writing the poem. Slide with haiku reads “Blind with memories, I mounted to the runs, and all was eglantines in flower”.
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