The Old Japan Returns 1928

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Full titles read: "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;...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35023
Sort Number:
G 1530
Time in/Out:
01:10:42:00 / 01:12:15:00
Canister:
G 1530
Film ID:
740.07
Issue Date:
20/08/1928

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