THE LAND OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND SNOW

Description

Outtakes: From film on the Methodist mission's Hirosaki Boys' School, Honshu, Japan. R.1: Campus, faculty and students. Art students. Farm scenes. Surroundings include wood and grass shacks, and rice paddies. Students display skills in flag-handling, fencing, sword-handling and wrestling. R.2: School; recess and exercises. Girls dance using poles. Three men dance. R.3: Heavy snow; horse-drawn sled-carts. Snow-covered cherry trees; children in snowball flight. People en route to and at Spring Festival. Cherry blossoms. R.5: Mother works in field; baby in basket near by. Market scenes. Fish pennant on flagpole.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups