47 OCCUPIED JAPAN HOME MOVIES 1st CAVALRY DIVISION TOKYO YOKOHAMA (SILENT FILM) 31244 (1946)

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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 1946-47 and possibly as late as 1948. It is a companion of film 31234. The film features men of the "First Team" 1st Cavalry Division -- which was given the honor of leading the Allied Occupational Army into Tokyo. Indeed, the Yokohama city and port areas were subject to extensive redevelopment, so that few of those areas remain, except the Nozawaya Department Store. 0:09 The Grand Cherry Ballroom (a converted bank) was a favored dance hall and watering hole located near Sakaragicho Station in Yokohama. Sign reads: 'The new Grand Cherry BAR and BALLROOM Upstairs. World fame in full bloom - Grand Cherry Blossoms STEP up LOOK and FANCY" and another sign: "USE YOUR FREE TIME WISELY at the new Grand Cherry Ballroom". 0:15 Ad with a bug-eyed man holding a bottle: "Drinking and dancing with fascinating music" 0:20 Hand-drawn advertisement of a lovey-dovey couple 0:25 A two funnel grey-liveries passenger ship at a pier 0:32 Panorama of mixed brown-brick and concrete buildings, factory funnels on the horizon, presumably in Yokohama 0:35 Large motorized sloops loaded with lumber and other products. Another one passing by with no funnel so that the exhaust produces a column of flame. 00:48 Port and city buildings. 0:53 Five cars being towed on a cable tow by a single small truck. 1:05 Large cranes at the port, lots of sloops and barges in the…

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13 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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