Stricken Japan Aka Striken Japan (1923)
Item title reads Stricken Japan. All the nations of the world unite to relieve suffering of earthquake victims. Tokyo. M, S as cargo is carried off boats and piled up on the dock, the camera pans across them. Intertitle Homeless live in shacks on the lawns of the Imperial The camera pans across the shacks, people walk about. M, S of people carrying their possessions. M, S as they queue up for food and various shots as they sit in a big marquee eating. Intertitle The battleships of every navy make temporary homes for thousands of M, S of a battleship and people onboard crowded on the deck. The camera pans across the rubble of houses filmed from a travelling car, showing total devastation. We also see houses which are half demolished. Intertitle Two people wander amongst three large pillars. Intertitle The lucky ones Saved Europeans leave for People crowd onto a truck and wave as it drives away. Various shots as a man walks up
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