The National Film Archive has opened a website where visitors can browse prewar footage from the Meiji era to the prewar period that records the Russo-Japanese War and imperial family events.
The website of the National Film Archive and the National Institute of Informatics began opening to the public on the 31st is "Film Records -National Film Archive Historical Video Portal-", where you can browse 1904 documentary films and newsreels produced from 1937 to 87.
Of these, a 1904-minute work called "The Surrender of Lushun," made around 13, was shot by a British photographer who served in the Japan Army, and shows him leaving Yokohama for the fierce battleground of the Russo-Japanese War.
In addition, a 1924-minute work called "His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince of the East Palace" made in 40 records the visit of Emperor Showa, who was the crown prince at the time, to Ise Jingu Shrine, and shows the enthusiastic welcome in various places.
The National Film Archive of Japan has a collection of nearly 5,100 films called "cultural and documentary films" in Japan alone, and will increase the number of films that can be viewed on this website, including those from the postwar period.
Takashi Okajima, director of the National Film Archive of Japan, said, "It records in detail what kind of clothes and facial expressions Japan people did <> years ago, and what kind of work they did, and I hope that many people will use it and discover the historical and cultural value of films."
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