Blue book of audio-visual materials (1920)

1001 FILMS 59 In Sunrise Land. Reels, 4. Travelogue taken in Japan. A very interesting insight into the manners and customs of the Japanese people. Y. W. C. A. Japan.* Reel, 1; producer, Prizma; exchange, Republic. Remarks: The land of sunshine, Japanese gardens, cherry blossoms, etc. Nara, 8th cenetury capital, famous for its deer; Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Japan, picking tea on the tea slopes of Osaka, tea plants covered with matting roofs as protection from the sun, family at tea, "Komori," the professional baby tenders, load carried by young girls, work in rice fields, oxcart, oxen wearing "zara" or straw sandals, man-power street cars, fishermen, fish traps, shell fish cooked and served, umbrella maker, movie street in Osaka, geisha girls. Japan, the Industrious.* Reel, 1; exchange, Beseler. Remarks: Making baskets, rope maker, at the sawmill, shoemaker, the feet are used as skillfully as the hands, expert makes a pairof shoes in ten minutes, manufacturing umbrellas, moving restaurant, a pipe cleaner, street gobbler, painting vases. Japanese Wedding. The impressive ceremonies connected with a Japanese wedding. The Pathescope Co. of America, Inc. Japanese Types. Distinguishing costumes worn by the various types of Japanese. The Pathescope Co. of America, Inc. Kiota, Japan. 619 feet. Bulletin No. 108. Travel and Geography. University of Wisconsin. Life in Japan.* Reel, 1; producer, Pathe; exchange, Beseler. Remarks: Reissue. A religious pageant to Kioti, once the capital of Japan; modes of travel in Japan. Nikko and Its Temples. The temples and surroundings of Nikko, Japan, are exceedingly picturesque. The Pathescope Co. of America, Inc. Mr. Outing Instructs.* Reel, 1; producer, C. L. Chester; exchange, State Right. Remarks: Outing-Chester picture; Japanese industries, silk farm, Japanese silk embroidery, making Japanese parasols, making wooden tubs and brooms, street peddler, tea plantation, picking tea leaves and drying them, packing and shipping, rice industry. Pilgrimage Through the Clouds.* Reel, 1; producer, C. L. Chester; exchange, State Rights. Remarks: Mount Fiju, the sacred mountains in Japan, pilgrims in straw coats and the inevitable staff; high priest, rest stations, hillside temple, etc. Picturesque Japan.* Reel, 1; producer, Pathe; exchange, Beseler. Remarks: Reissue. The Ainus, the hairy race of Japan, spend a great deal of time on the water, the chiefs hut, the chiefs wife and daughter weaving a mat, Matsushima Islands, dredging oysters, sunset, moonrise. Scenes in Tokio, Japan.* Reel, 1; exchange, Beseler. Remarks: Reissue. The fish market, vegetable market, festivals of the "God of Kitchen," semi-circular bridge, New Year's celebration in Japan, pageant, the street of theaters, about January 1st the dwarf peach tree begins to bloom, crowds attending sermon to the God of Mercy. Some Speed to Surago.* Reel, 1; producer, C. L. Chester; exchange, State Rights. Remarks: Outing-Chester Scenic. Kawagushi, Mount Fiju, over the rapids of Fijukawa in flatbottom boats, Kajikazawa. Religious Festivals. Reel, 1. Scenic Educationals. Trip through Japan. Equitable Dist. The Children of Japan.* Reel, 1; exchange, Beseler Educational Film Company. Remarks: May festival, buying sweets, worshiper at temple, colossal statue of Buddha, scenes in Tokio, New Year's day, Jap fortune teller. The Silken Cities of Kuwa-Ko.* Reel, 1; producer, Burton Holmes; exchange, Paramount. Remarks: Japan, art of reeling silk, cocoons arriving, the silk exchange, straining cocoon, 25