| THE OLD JAPAN RETURNS Footage of a procession during the Japanese Festival of the Gion Shrine. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5391 |
| Catalog #: | 56480 | |
| Clip Number: | 56480-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1530 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:41 - 01:25:19 | |
| Location: | Kyoto, Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ethnic / Cultural FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural FESTIVALS: Religious LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan, Kyoto PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Religious RELIGION: Shinto | |
| Description: | The Old Japan Returns! - ...for Nippon's great seven day Festival of the Gion Shrine, held each year from time immemorial to avert the God of Pestilence. (First & Exclusive Pictures.) Kioto, Japan. Various shots of a procession moving through a street in Japan; numerous men pull a large ornate float along. M/S of the top of the float where some men are working puppet women. (Yasaka Shrine, Gion Matsuri festival) | |
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