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Abstract
Japanese landscapes with sakura blossoms, flowers in parks and greenhouses. Festivities outside the city on the day of "cherry blossom". Streets, squares of Tokyo at different times of the year. State Parliamentary Library building, canal in the center of Tokyo; urban transport. View of Buddhist temples. Mass procession of people to churches on the occasion of a religious holiday. Priests perform religious rituals. A holiday dedicated to children; children with their parents in national clothes on the street, near the temple, while shopping for sweets. Visitors to the museum see works of Western European art. Rest of the townspeople on the beach; playing sports at the stadium. Sale of vegetables, fruits in the market. Loading and unloading operations at the railway station, at the pier. Formation of trains: movement of individual railway cars along the tracks; work of railway workers of the station. New Year's Eve revival on the city streets. Showcases with New Year's decorations, gifts. Children play snowballs. The snow melts on the roof of the house, water flows, a tree with swollen buds.
Director
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Color
B&W
Film ID
13711
Keywords
holidays
, nature
, leisure
, sports
, museums
, cities
, railway transport
, trade
, buddhism
, peoples life
Meterage
1285
Number of Parts
5
Release Date
1940
Sound