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Saturday, June 5, 2021

Title: Skirmish between Russian and Japanese adv. guards : Japanese outp...

About this Item Title Skirmish between Russian and Japanese advance guards Other Title Japanese outpost on the Yalu River Summary Renactment of a skirmish that was likely to have occurred in the Russo-Japanese War. Opens with an establishing scene entitled "A Japanese outpost on the Yalu River," which shows the Japanese soldiers of the infantry outpost doing rifle drills and raising the flag. Following scenes are entitled "The Attack," "The Capture," and "The Retreat". In them, the Japanese fire their cannon; the Russian infantry demolish the camp, replace the Japanese flag with their own, and then fire their rifles at the enemy; and the Japanese recapture the outpost and once again run up their flag. Photographed from a single camera position. Contributor Names Porter, Edwin S., camera. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress) Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) Created / Published United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1904. Subject Headings - Skirmishing - Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 - Battles--Yalu River Region (China and Korea) Genre Historical reenactments (Motion pictures) Silent films Short films Nonfiction films Notes - H44263 U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 8Apr1904; H44263. - Formerly misidentified as A Japanese outpost on the Yalu River. - Camera, Edwin S. Porter. - Duration: about 6:30 minutes. - Photographed on April 4, 1902 in Forest Hill, New Jersey (in Newark, New Jersey). - Paper print shelf number (LC 2537) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. - Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 300; The George Kleine Collection...catalog, p. 123; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 986; Musser, C. Before the Nickelodeon, p. 273; Edison films catalog, no. 288, July, 1906, p. 1. - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985. - The George Kleine Collection of early motion pictures in the Library of Congress : a catalog / prepared by Rita Horwitz and Harriet Harrison with the assistance of Wendy White. Library of Congress, 1980. - On original Kleine Collection record: Incomplete; main and end titles lacking; dirt; scratches; faded; some nitrate bloom. Medium 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 6:30 min.) : si., b&w. viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (221 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (232 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (221 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (232 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. non-viewing pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (221 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 230 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. paper pos 1 roll of 1 on 2 (ca. 580 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 580 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. Call Number/Physical Location FLA 1574 (viewing print) FLA 5701 (viewing print, copy 2) FRA 4403 (dupe neg pic) FRA 2374 (dupe neg pic, copy 2) FRA 4404 (non-viewing pos pic) FRB 1662 (master pos pic) Box 1070A, Box 1056D (paper pos) Box 5454A (paper pos, copy 2) Digital Id http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.01836867 Library of Congress Control Number mp73120200 Access Advisory Restricted: video files available on-site only. Access by appointment. Online Format image video LCCN Permalink https://lccn.loc.gov/mp73120200 Additional Metadata Formats MARCXML Record MODS Record Dublin Core Record

Friday, May 14, 2021

Original Pearl Harbor News Footage

One of the most consequential and devastating military operations in history. The attack on Pearl Harbor.

Saturday, April 3, 2021

Nijo castle, Kioto. [1890]

Author: John Davis Batchelder Publisher: [ca. 1890] Edition/Format: Image : Graphic : Photograph : Picture : English Summary: Photograph shows view from across roadway of the southwest tower and east entrance to the Nijo Castle in Kyoto. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict birds in flight in the upper right and bamboo in the lower left.

Thursday, January 28, 2021

Map of the Russo-Japanese War with a chronological sequence of major events.

June 10, 1904 The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu Oahu, HI), Image 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.


The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, June 10, 1904, Image 1

Image provided by University of Hawaii at Manoa; Honolulu, HI

Persistent link: Link to Image



[Postcard] Sport of Russian Prisoners in the 'Higashi Honganji' Quarter, Nagoya, Japan : Superb piece of history 1904-05

During the Russian-Japanese War, captured Russian soldiers are made to dance for Japanese commanders as a way of making sport of the prisoners' compromising situation as POWs. The Japanese army went on to win the war.


Artist unknown, Japanese
Publisher: Ogawa Isshin (Japanese, 1860–1929) Japanese : Late Meiji era Place of Creation: Japan

Monday, December 14, 2020

Launch of Japanese man-of-war "Chitosa" {1898}

 


Summary:

Shows the launching of the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Chitose at the Union Iron Works shipyard, San Francisco, on Saturday, January 22, 1898. The camera view is east, across a small inlet of Central Basin, to slipway no. 1. Four additional slipways lay beyond to the west. The camera viewpoint is today called pier 68, part of Southwest Marine's facilities. The launch took place at 10:25 a.m. before a crowd of 200 distinguished guests and over 1,000 members of the public, as well as many shipworkers. Numerous workers can be seen dangling from the framework of the assembly shed [Frame: 1030], and a large crowd watches from a grandstand at the rear. Men and boys watch from small boats in the foreground and two boys jump into the water fully clothed near the end of the film [Frame: 1570]. Miss May Budd, niece of California governor James Budd, christened the ship with a bottle of California wine. Miss Gladys Sullivan, niece of San Francisco mayor James Phelan, pressed the button that sent the ship down the slipway. Following a Japanese custom symbolizing the peace-keeping role of a warship, 100 doves were released at the same moment. Bands played and Japanese fireworks were set off as the Chitose slid into the Bay. United States Army and Navy officials, state and city officials, and the consular corps attended the launching. Japanese Consul General Segawa explained in a speech at the following luncheon that Chitose meant "a thousand years of peace" in Japanese, and hoped that the ship would fulfill that wish. Contributor Names White, James H. (James Henry), production. Blechynden, Frederick, camera.Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)Created / Published United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898.

Friday, December 4, 2020

[Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901- , full-length portrait, seated, in coronation regalia]

 


Created / Published

[1926]
Notes
- Photo by Underwood & Underwood.
- This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Medium
1 photographic print.
Call Number/Physical Location
BIOG FILE [item] [P&P]
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
cph 3a46052 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a46052
Library of Congress Control Number
2005685570
Reproduction Number
LC-USZ62-45866 (b&w film copy neg.)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Underwood & Underwood," https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/468_unde.html
Language
english
Online Format
image
Description
1 photographic print.
Original Format
photo, print, drawing
LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2005685570 

Rectangular shaped Japanese flag with centrally printed hinomaru (rising sun).

 


Description:


Rectangular shaped Japanese flag with centrally printed hinomaru (rising sun). On the flag are many hand written inscriptions, including patriotic phrases and signatures in Japanese. Along the top of the flag above the hinomaru in bold black ink is the traditional 'Good fortune & good luck in war'. Written vertically on the left hand side of the hinomaru is 'Yamaai Machinery Factory Ltd'. The signatures of many work mates who worked at this factory make up the majority of the Japanese writing on lower half of the flag and the area immediately around the hinomaru.

To the right of the hinomaru in bold black ink is 'Nikawa Toru', presumably the name of the flag's owner. In the upper right hand side of the flag is more bold black ink which is a personal good luck message or slogan. On the corners of the flag upper and lower hoist are the remnants of triangular shapes pieces of sewn paper reinforcements. Attached to the upper hoist is a length of cotton string consisting of two different string pieces. Written in blue ink on the rear of this sewn paper reinforcement is the letter 'M'.

History / Summary
This autographed Japanese flag relates to the service of NX79396 Private Kelvin King during the Second World War. King was born on 25 October 1922 in Kempsey New South Wales. On 18 December 1941 he enlisted into the Second AIF at Paddington in Sydney. At the time of his enlistment he was living in Carlton, a suburb of Sydney.

Although he enlisted in the Second AIF, he was posted as an AIF reinforcement to a CMF unit, the 3rd Battalion 'Werriwa Regiment' . He embarked with his unit to New Guinea and took part in the heavy fighting along the Kokoda Trail in late 1942. The 3rd Battalion was involved in savage fighting against strongly held Japanese rear guard positions at Templeton's Crossing in October 1942. Whilst at Templeton's Crossing he collected this flag from the body of an Imperial Japanese Army Officer.

Having survived the Kokoda Trail campaign and later bloody 'Battle of the Beach heads' around Buna, Gona and Sanananda, King returned with the heavily depleted 3rd Battalion to Australia in early 1943. In April 1943, the 3rd Battalion was disbanded and King was transferred to the 2/4th Battalion. In 1944 he was a member of the Battalion band (featured in the AWM image 081179). King discharged from the AIF on 16 November 1945.

The 3rd Militia Battalion 'Werriwa Regiment' is one of only two Militia Battalions to fight alongside its AIF 'sister' battalion (the 2/3rd Battalion). It also was the only combined Militia/AIF Battalion to serve during the Second World War.

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

[Showa Emperor and Battleships] 1929


Title.English
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[Showa Emperor and Battleships]





Title.Japanese 聖上陛下 御召艦那智 御召艦長門 - 1929
Hirohito






Friday, November 6, 2020

[Japanese samurai in medieval armor destroying the Allied Navy].


WWII Propaganda Poster.





Author: Gino Boccasile; Partito nazionale fascista (Italy) Publisher:[Milano] : [Partito Nazionale Fascista], [approximately 1940] Edition/Format: Image : Flash card : Picture Rating:
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy -- Propaganda.





Propaganda, Anti-American -- Italy.





Propaganda, Anti-British -- Italy.





A Japanese Samurai in medieval war armor is slaying the British and American navies.