Home Movie: Koura Collection: 006112 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Description:

Description: A Japanese American family visits Japan. Includes images of a Kabuki performance, a visit to a drive-thru restaurant, and leisurely moments in a public park.

can notes: "Middaugh 'Japan' (6) / Japan 1955" and possibly "東京" [Tokyo]

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1950s, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Performances, Dance, Children, Games and play, Car culture

Tags: images between the perforations; ferry rides; ferry boats; brown hills; filmed from boat; swimming; shrines; people carrying boxes on their head; kabuki theatre; dance performance; wearing masks; intricate costumes; stage sets; people playing shamisen; child with doll; children in alley; child with umbrella looking into camera; school backpacks; smiling at camera; children apparently walking to school; schoolchildren; toddler sitting on hood of car; shy child; "PX Drive-Inn" sign; drive-in restaurants; carhops; nude women statue; child in car licking ice cream cone; family in public park; person with camera taking photo; relay races; contestants pulling dangling marshmallows (?) off string with their mouths; walking toward camera; Japanese American people; Asian American people; Japanese people; United States cultural influence on postwar Japan

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: 1955

Release Date:

Geographical Location: Japan; Tokyo, Japan

Genre/Form: home movie

Language:

Rights:

Film Format: 8mm film

Element: reversal, original

Color: color

Color Process: Kodachrome, Kodachrome A

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type:

Edge Code: square square, triangle triangle, circle circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 182

Complete Record: Description: A Japanese American family visits Japan. Includes images of a Kabuki performance, a visit to a drive-thru restaurant, and leisurely moments in a public park. can notes: "Middaugh 'Japan' (6) / Japan 1955" and possibly "東京" [Tokyo] Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1950s, Asian and Pacific Islander history and culture, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Performances, Dance, Children, Games and play, Car culture Tags: images between the perforations; ferry rides; ferry boats; brown hills; filmed from boat; swimming; shrines; people carrying boxes on their head; kabuki theatre; dance performance; wearing masks; intricate costumes; stage sets; people playing shamisen; child with doll; children in alley; child with umbrella looking into camera; school backpacks; smiling at camera; children apparently walking to school; schoolchildren; toddler sitting on hood of car; shy child; "PX Drive-Inn" sign; drive-in restaurants; carhops; nude women statue; child in car licking ice cream cone; family in public park; person with camera taking photo; relay races; contestants pulling dangling marshmallows (?) off string with their mouths; walking toward camera; Japanese American people; Asian American people; Japanese people; United States cultural influence on postwar Japan 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: 1955 Release Date: Geographical Location: Japan; Tokyo, Japan Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 8mm film Element: reversal, original Color: color Color Process: Kodachrome, Kodachrome A Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: Edge Code: square square, triangle triangle, circle circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 182