| JAPANESE LONDON A visit to London's only traditional Japanese restaurant in 1968, plus the delights of origami and Bonsai trees. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6083 |
| Catalog #: | 108595 | |
| Clip Number: | 108595-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 692 | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:19 - 01:47:33 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ethnic / Cultural FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Commercial Kitchens FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Ethnic Food LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Baker / Chef OCCUPATIONS: Waiter / Waitress | |
| Description: | In the kitchen, sukiyaki is prepared, then cooked on a hot plate. Two men at work in kitchen - one chopping up vegetables one shredding. CU Man's face as he finely shreds vegetable - panning to his face. CS Dish of vegetables taken out by waitress. MS Sukiyaki being brought down corridor as women with hor d'oeuvres leaves. It is put on table. CS Lump of fat taken from dish of raw meat and vegetables and dipped round in cooking pan. CS Girl cook's face. CS Meat and vegetables cooking and more meat going in. MS Girl cooking. She pours cooking liquid into pot. CS Girl cracking egg into bowl. She whisks it with chopsticks. MS Girl serving out into bowls meal from pot and handing it to visitors. MCS Woman visitor eating meat which has been dipped into raw egg. CU Food being taken from cooking pot and placed into raw egg in bowl. MS People eating at table. They point and look out of picture. The English diners several shots of them eating and watching another fan dance. MS J. dancer dancing moving forward and round. CS Her feet. CS Her face as she dances and pulls sleeve of her kimono in front of her. She flourishes fan and bends down. CS Japanese flowers - panning to traditional picture on wall. Various shots of Bonsai trees being tended in a garden by members of London's Japan Society as commentator explains the trees are kept to their miniature size by careful cultivation - rather cruel, in my opinion! Some young branches have weights hung on them and are wired so they twist and resemble the gnarled branches of a full-sized tree. | |
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