Physical Jerks In Tokyo 1940

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Full title reads: "Physical Jerks in Tokyo".

Tokyo, Japan.

GV huge crowd filling stadium cheering and then all bowing together towards the royal box.

MS Emperor Hirohito of Japan alone in his box bowing towards the crowd.

VS of a mass physical exercise (PT / Keep...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20504
Sort Number:
40/002
Time in/Out:
01:36:10:00 / 01:37:08:00
Canister:
40/2
Film ID:
1031.22
Issue Date:
04/01/1940

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