| THREE MINUTES IN JAPAN Japanese scenes focusing on the making of parasols, artificial flowers and wooden shoes. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6721 | |
| Catalog #: | 373310 | |
| Clip Number: | 373310-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 70 | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:33 - 01:52:13 | |
| Location: | Japan | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Japanese FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural FASHION: Shoes & Boots HORTICULTURE/FLOWERS: Artifical INDUSTRY: Craftsmen / Handmade INDUSTRY: Shoes & Boots LOCATIONS/ASIA: Japan | |
| Description: | THREE MINUTES IN JAPAN Cottage industries and cute kids. Opens w/ Crowd of Japanese children walking toward camera on narrow street. Then, interior scene, elderly woman painting umbrella. Pan left to where a younger man sits on the floor working on another parasol. He brushes glue on the spokes. MCU he attaches paper to the spokes of the parasol. MS worker painting Japanese characters on the umbrella. MS 2 men sit on floor making wooden shoes; one is putting together the pieces of wood while the other attaches the thong. MS Japanese woman tries on a pair of these shoes at a merchants stall. CU feet stepping into pair of the shoes. MS 3 women sit at table making artificial flowers. MCU one of the women working. Back to the street of children: the kids are gathered around a vendor's cart, waiting in line as the vendor prepares some sort of sweets on sticks. MCU 3 small children eating this stuff. | |
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