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Title
Tsuboi Family Home Movie - "Sea Scenes aboard freighter - Japanese scenery"
Date(s)
- 1927? (Creation)
Extent
black-and-white films (visual works); 16mm (photographic film size); safety film; 00:13:19
Name of creator
Biographical history
Teruo Tsuboi and his older brother operated "Tsuboi Brothers" store, selling western-style clothing, suitcases, and jewelry for people coming from Japan. Following World War II, Teruhisa ("Ted") Tsuboi operated an in-store optometry exam room.
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Tsuboi family home movie, featuring a trip across the Pacific Ocean on a ship, and scenes of Japan. Footage is in black-and-white.
00:00 - Scenes from aboard the Japanese transport ship Arabia Maru as it crosses the Pacific Ocean. Shots of the ocean, crew, and passengers. This ship carried many immigrants to the Pacific Northwest.
07:07 - Scenes from Japan, including a snowy village, a garden, Mount Fuji, and temples. Some footage taken from aboard a moving train.
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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
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Tsuboi Family Home Movies; MI10702