Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006101 (silent)

Description: Various gatherings and conventions of Youth Buddhist Association chapters in the Pacific Northwest, featuring large groups of Japanese American people socializing and posing for photos. Also includes some scenes of boating on a lake.

can notes: "Middaugh #8 / Y.B.A. activities / Seattle convention 1952 / Portland Convention 1953"

reel notes: "Middaugh #8"

note in can: "1952 2B 16min"

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Subjects: 1950s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, Religion, Youth

Tags: group of four rowing in motor boat; possible engine troubles; man flexing muscles for camera; heart bathing suit; swimming in lake; lakes; crowds of people standing in front of brick building; possible Young Buddhist Association gatherings; teenagers; fancy dress; smoking cigarettes; Harborview Medical Center; goofing for camera; people with cameras taking photos; people posing in front of Collins Field House; Seattle Central District; people seated for group portrait; camera on tripod; children in uniform performing drill march with flags; sailor suits; brutalist architecture; Hotel Nortonia neon sign; people posing with signs of YBA chapters; posing with location signs of PNW cities; holding signs upside down; hibiscus corsage; corsages; name badges; name tags; Japanese American people; Asian American people

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Koura Family

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Center for Asian American Media

Source Collection: Koura Collection PC-0762, Center for Asian American Media Collection, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1952-1953

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; Oregon; Portland, Oregon; Washington; Seattle, Washington

Genre/Form: home movie

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Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

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Edge Code: triangle plus

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 231