Japan: The Land and the People (Second edition)

Japan: The Land and the People (Second edition)

See curatorial note.

Color fading. Some perforation and edge damage at the head of the print. 1 splice, 0.25% shrinkage (6/3/14)

Coronet Instructional Media

Coronet Instructional Media

1973

Courtesy of the Phoenix Learning Group, Inc.

Japan the Land and The People (Revised), 1965. (REJ Research Collection, Accesson no 1.284))

English

FIlm

See description.

1970

16mm

00:16:05

[550 ft.]

Eastmancolor

Color

Sound

Coronet Instructional Media

Coronet Instructional Media; Educational Collaborator: Joseph E. Spencer, PhD

Educational collaborator: Joseph E. Spencer, Ph.D., Professor of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles.

Coronet Instructional Media

An introduction to Japan's people, geography, topography, agriculture (rice, tea), and industry (textiles, steel). Highlights the dependence of Japan's modern economy on the relationship between climate and crops, and terrain and industry. Begins with a trope common to educational films on Japan from this period: a visual comparison of the contours of Japan with those of the state of California. Focuses on farming, fishing, and manufactured items (lacquered items, dolls, toys), steel, synthetic fibers, raw silk (and silk kimono). Raises the problem of sustainable agriculture in a nation with only 15% arable land.

U.S.A./Japan

ND

415

Was distributed with a study guide. Intended for Secondary (Senior) High School students. Earlier versions were made in 1952 and 1965. Each version is slightly different from the others, but this version is the most substantially revised.