Title:JAPANESE ARMY MANOEUVRES 1918 : sections from Prince Arthur's visit to Japan [Allocated Title]
Film Number:IWM 445
Other titles:
Summary: A highly fragmented film (mainly covering extra incidents from IWM 451 VISIT OF HRH PRINCE ARTHUR TO JAPAN) of Prince Arthur's Japanese tour, June-July 1918.
Description: I. The film consists mainly of the Prince and his party touring Japan in June and July 1918. Some scenes are probably of a major Japanese military exercise carried on in the Prince's presence, involving Infantry with Field Artillery in very flat, waterlogged terrain. The tactics are chiefly the column charge in very close order over open ground. Radio and semaphore signalling are also practised. The second reel in particular shows Prince Arthur's visit to the sights of Japan, including a display of Samurai armour and highly intricate carvings. II. At the start of the second reel there is an interpolated sequence from the American newsreel "Universal Animated Weekly" showing the visit of Sir Eric Geddes and Vice-Admiral Sir Allen Duff, escorted by US Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Admiral William S Benson, to see US Navy cadets in training. III. Although most of its captions are in Japanese, this film ends with the English words "Photographed for the British Government by the Universal Film Company under the direction of O Takiguchi".
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Universal Film Company (Production company)
Takiguchi, O (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Arthur of Connaught (HRH Prince) (person)
Geddes, Eric Campbell (person)
Duff, Allen F (person)
Daniels, Josephus (person)
Benson, William S (person)
IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY (regiment/service)
United States Navy & [cadets] (regiment/service)
Keywords: delegations, British international - goodwill (object name)
training, Japanese military - combat (object name)
society, Japanese - ethnic (object name)
arts, Japanese - ethnic (object name)
arts, Japanese - architecture (object name)
arts, Japanese - fine arts (object name)
training, United States naval (object name)
Japan (geography)
United States of America (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: None
Subtitle language: Japanese
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 2
Footage: 1513 ft; Running time: 25 mins
