The American and Canadian High School Women Teachers Tour Japan

Description: Duration: ~13:26 | Format: Black & white silent film A documentary following a touring party of American and Canadian female high school teachers visiting Japan. The opening title card identifies it as "The American and Canadian High School Women Teachers Tour Party." The film begins at Tokyo, where an intertitle reads: "The party paid homage to the Imperial Palace soon after their arrival at Tokyo, the capital of Japan." The tour then covers multiple sites: a remarkable sequence around 4:09 shows a judo demonstration at a dōjō, with multiple practitioners in white keikogi grappling, while spectators observe from the sides. The timeline tooltip at 7:57 reveals the group traveled to Toba, where "they inspected the work of producing cultured pearls" — a reference to Mikimoto's famous pearl cultivation industry. This is a cross-cultural educational film that provides a fascinating window into both Japanese society and early 20th-century educational travel.

Complete Record: Duration: ~13:26 | Format: Black & white silent film A documentary following a touring party of American and Canadian female high school teachers visiting Japan. The opening title card identifies it as "The American and Canadian High School Women Teachers Tour Party." The film begins at Tokyo, where an intertitle reads: "The party paid homage to the Imperial Palace soon after their arrival at Tokyo, the capital of Japan." The tour then covers multiple sites: a remarkable sequence around 4:09 shows a judo demonstration at a dōjō, with multiple practitioners in white keikogi grappling, while spectators observe from the sides. The timeline tooltip at 7:57 reveals the group traveled to Toba, where "they inspected the work of producing cultured pearls" — a reference to Mikimoto's famous pearl cultivation industry. This is a cross-cultural educational film that provides a fascinating window into both Japanese society and early 20th-century educational travel.