COLLECTION NAME:
Leroy H. Miller Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Leroy H. Miller collection
Title:
Lake Hakone, Kamakura, Yokohama, Japan/Sunset - memories
Resource Type:
Moving image
Genre:
silent films
Genre:
travelog (performed works genre)
Genre:
Amateur films
Date Created:
1929/1936
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 film reel (18 min., 25 sec.)
Form:
16mm (photographic film size)
Form:
black-and-white film (film, material)
Abstract:
Title from film container. Reel combines possibly original travel footage by Leroy H. Miller (ca. 1929) with descriptive intertitles, offering information and commentary from the perspective of an American traveler (ca. 1936). May also contain footage acquired by Miller from other sources. Title cards include Orientalist font and caricature drawings. Sites include "Sacred Red Lacquer Bridge," Mount Fujiyama, the "Great Bronze Buddha," "Goddess of Mercy" statue, and street scenes in Yokohama. Scenes include a sunset, homes with water wheels, cherry blossoms, schoolchildren, and people driving tea, playing music and dancing, and praying at a temple. Also includes a scene of a fire evacuation and the remnants of a burning village.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Note:
As original, historical material, some of the language used and opinions shared in these films - especially regarding topics of race, gender, class religion, and ability - do not reflect the current preferred terminology of individuals of marginalized identities, or the values and norms of the CU Boulder Archives.
Note:
00:00:00 The Sacred Red Lacquer Bridge upon which only the imperial family may cross. 00:01:05 We see the sunset that brings to a close a glorious day. 00:01:49 We meet beggars on our way to Lake Hakone to see Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Japan. 00:03:04 Homes with their water wheel. 00:03:52 A sight never-to-be-forgotten! 00:04:58 One can appreciate why the Japanese worship and admire this mountain. It is one of God's masterpieces. 00:06:06 Cherry Blossom Time in Japan is beautiful. 00:06:29 An audience at a fair. 00:07:07 A big fire that destroyed Odawara. 00:07:49 Lack of water and inadequate pressure was noticeably seen---The result 00:08:24 On our way to Kamakura Fuji-San again thrills us. 00:08:45 The Great Bronze Buddha or Daibutsu stands alone among Japanese works of art. 00:08:54 It is the largest bronze casting in existence. 00:09:23 A cute scene nearby A little mother Notice doll. 00:09:46 The Goddess of Mercy. 00:10:04 Daibutsu has a Hindu type of face, and the expression is majestic, calm, and peaceful, and suggests absorbed meditation. 00:10:59 School children are taught to worship their gods. 00:11:31 Street scenes in Yokohama. 00:17:15 We big farewell to Japan This sunset brought back memories of this fascinating country. 00:18:25 End of recording.
Subject Topic:
City and town life
Subject Topic:
Water-wheels
Subject Topic:
Homes
Subject Topic:
Audiences
Subject Topic:
Fires
Subject Topic:
Kimonos
Subject Name:
Great Buddha (To?daiji, Nara-shi, Japan)
Subject Geographic:
Japan--Mount Fuji
Subject Geographic:
Japan--Odawara-shi
Subject Geographic:
Japan--Kamakura-shi
Identifier:
U183051010935_narv_millerLeroy_6-15_lakeHakoneKamakuraYokohamaJapan_a.mp4
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
Access Condition:
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