Japan out takes

Accession Number F04957
Collection type Film
Measurement 16 min 52 sec
Object type Home movie
Physical description 16mm/b&w and colour (Kodachrome)/silent
Maker O'Brien, John William Alexander
Place made Japan
Date made late 1940s
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Various out takes from Brigadier O'Brien's films taken during his service in Japan with BCOF. [Colour] Traditional Japanese orchestra. [B&W] Traditional houses. Snow and forest scenes. [Colour] The O'Brien's and US Army officers viewing Mt Fuji. Blizzard on Mt Fuji. Christmas parade and floats in Tokyo. Ducks. Slow motion of man with sword [or golf club] raised above his head as if to deliver a blow. Parade in Tokyo - floats including a Japanese railway float of a railway train. [B&W] Title: 'Early fratting' shows US soldiers with Japanese women. [Colour] Close up of European man and woman on a boat. Japanese gardener. US officer, his wife? and old Japanese man posing for the camera. British Commonwealth war cemetery. Driving along the road to the O'Brien's residence. Title 'Osaka Arsenal after the B-29s' [no accompaning footage] Map 'Tokyo and Nikko' Karuizawa Golf club sign with 1st US Cavalry Division insigina - O'Brien children stand up from behind the sign. O'Brien children on a jeep outside their home. Title: 'On the fifth' Map line from Osaka. Close up of tomatoes on the vine. Golf shots Close up of the ball. Kawana golf course. Mist on mountains. Long shot of a passenger train. Close up of a dragonfly. Golf. On the boat heading for or back from Oshima. Map showing line Tokyo to Nikko. Title: '150 out of the 3000 in the trip was in tunnels. Some of these were as long as 7 miles. The one we have entered runs for 3 miles underground....' Map - Arafura sea. Map - Melbourne. Sign 'BCOF Holiday Hostel Kawana Hotel'. Flowers. Sign 'House No 118 British House No 118 Brig O'Brien' Driving to the O'Brien house. Japanese servant, doorman and gardener. Close up of flowers. Title: 'Autumn'. Title: 'The end an O'Brien production. Parade US Army band. Close up of US Army badges. Long shot of gardens.