Nippon Contrasts (1940)

Titles read: NIPPON CONTRASTS. Tokyo, Japan. Various shots of a children s playground Yamasaka Park (sp ). Good shots of Japanese children playing on slides and roundabouts, riding on a model train and looking at tulips in the huge park flower beds. We then cut to a snowcovered village outside Tokyo where amateur snow sculptors are taking part in a competition. Several shots of the artists at work on their large but intricate snow sculptures. Some men walk around judging the finished pieces at the end of the contest. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), an