Synopsis
This silent 16mm footage is a home movie shot by an American serviceman in Occupied Japan. Based on research we believe it was filmed during the Chrismas holidays of 1947, and no later than 1948 (due to Gen. Eichelberger retirement). It is a companion to film 31244. The film features the U.S. Eighth Army Headquarters and the "First Team" 1st Cavalry Division -- which was given the honor of leading the Allied Occupational Army into Tokyo. It also features everyday Yokohama streets and ordinary Japanese people of 1947. It also shows skiing in a Nagano alpine ski station, Kamakura temples and the the Kamakura, Great Buddha, and rare footage of a colossal Great Kannon (goddess of mercy) statue of Oofuna or Takasaki under restoration. 0:36 Playing golf at a grounds which cannot be identified – at least 34 golf clubs existed before the war in Japan, the first one opened in 1903. Possibly Tokyo Golf Club, as the footage comes from Yokohama 0:39- Base grounds and the surrounding farming countryside landscape – a baseball field in the foreground. 1:00-1:40 Three friends, all sergeants in 1st Cavalry look at something from an outdoors military base balcony, talking relaxedly and laughing. 1:28 A military salute ending in a pan to the American flag 1:40-2:00 One of them, comes out of the building and walks to the side of a parked fire truck, explaining the functioning of it. 2:00 The base grounds 2:00 - 2:31 American and Japanese children playing baseball 2:32-2:46 Three little…
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- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- Stock Footage