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Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150)

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [48 of 48] (Man smoking a cigarette (Sasaki_48))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows a man, seated in a chair, smoking a cigarette (00:25).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [47 of 48] (Cow tethered near tennis courts (Sasaki_47))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows a cow, tethered by a chain near tennis courts (00:15).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [46 of 48] (Street traffic in Sacramento (Sasaki_46))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This very brief segment shows trucks, cars, and a trolley in a street in Sacramento, California (00:06).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [45 of 48] (Young men at a train depot (Sasaki_45))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows young men at a train depot (00:45; dark).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [44 of 48] (YMBA group at the California Capitol (Sasaki_44))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows footage from the California State Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California; members of the Young Men's Buddhist Association pose before the Library & Courts Building (opened 1928); the young men walk along 10th Street in front of the California State Capitol (01:16).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [43 of 48] (Baseball players (Sasaki_43))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows shows baseball players from the Stockton and Yamato teams posing for the camera; the players warm up on the baseball diamond (00:44).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [42 of 48] (Children at Stockton Buddhist Temple (Sasaki_42))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows orderly lines of young boys and girls climbing the steps of the Stockton Buddhist Temple (00:42).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [41 of 48] (Baseball game (Sasaki_41))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows footage of a baseball game (01:30).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [40 of 48] (Athletes and coaches (Sasaki_40))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows athletes in striped tank uniforms (sport unidentified), posing with two coaches (00:24).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [39 of 48] (Football game (Sasaki_39))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This very brief segment shows a football game (00:10).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [38 of 48] (Children, posing and jostling (Sasaki_38))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This very brief segment shows eight young children, posing and jostling (00:12).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [37 of 48] (Two men playing tennis (Sasaki_37))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This very brief segment shows two men playing tennis (00:16).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [36 of 48] (Speedboat races (Sasaki_36))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows a sailboat motoring into port with many flags flying; a speedboat races by a large boat crowded with onlookers; people jump from the observation boat into the water (01:01).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [35 of 48] (Children at Stockton Buddhist Temple (Sasaki_35))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows a group of children in front of the Stockton Buddhist Temple; some eat ice cream (?), others swing on playground equipment; two boys pretend to wrestle (00:48).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [34 of 48] (Football game (Sasaki_34))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows a scoreboard and scrimmages between two football teams (01:31).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [33 of 48] (Two men playing tennis (Sasaki_33))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows two men playing tennis (00:33).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [32 of 48] (Two girls with a man (Sasaki_32))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows two girls posing with a man (their father?), who holds a cigarette in a holder (00:29).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [31 of 48] (Men among sequoias at Yosemite (Sasaki_31))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows footage of the Yosemite Valley; two men climb among fallen trees; view of the sequoia tree called "Grizzly Giant" [dark]; people at roadside [dark]; a car drives through a tree while a man walks along the road, and poses next to the tree [dark] (01:18).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [30 of 48] (Yosemite (Sasaki_30))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows footage of the Yosemite Valley, including Half Dome; flowing streams; vistas of the valley; and people standing beside a stream flowing through culverts under a road (01:38).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [29 of 48] (Girls dancing in front of Stockton Buddhist Temple (Sasaki_29))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows a view of Washington Street and the Stockton Buddhist Temple in Stockton, California; six girls gather on the temple steps; one dances, the others laugh; several girls dance the Charleston while others clap in time (00:52).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [28 of 48] (YMBA group on a ship (Sasaki_28))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This very brief segment shows members of the Stockton Young Men's Buddhist Association on the deck of a ship (00:12).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [27 of 48] (Groups at the Stockton Buddhist Temple (Sasaki_27))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows a group of women (some wearing aprons) and their daughters, men and children in the yard of the Stockton Buddhist Temple; a man puts on his hat before stepping into a car [dark]; two men stand at the curb, posing for the camera; women, girls, and a toddler pose; four men pose near playground equipment [dark] (01:33).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [26 of 48] (Baseball players (Sasaki_26))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows thirteen young men posing in their baseball uniforms; most uniforms say "Stockton"; one says "Lodi", and one says "Yamato" (00:22).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [25 of 48] (Group assembled for photograph (Sasaki_25))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows a group gathered in front of a Buddhist temple for a photograph; the group disbands (00:43).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [24 of 48] (Five girls bid goodbye to a man (Sasaki_24))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows five girls; they shake hands with and bow to a man who gets into a car and drives away down the street (00:42).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [23 of 48] (A family at the Stockton Buddhist Temple (Sasaki_23))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows a family (two men, two women, a young boy, and a baby) descending the stairs of the Stockton Buddhist Temple and posing for the camera (00:32).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [22 of 48] (Golf practice (Sasaki_22))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows a man wearing plus fours attempting to hit a golf ball off a tee, and practicing on a putting green (00:27).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [21 of 48] (Boarding a train (Sasaki_21))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This very brief segment shows people boarding a train (00:10).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [20 of 48] (Winter recreation (Sasaki_20))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows four men in an ice- and snow-covered landscape; one man holds a large piece of ice, while another holds a camera; the men walk through a snowy forest; two men build a snow figure, with sticks spelling "Albert Fujita" (00:51).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [19 of 48] (Two men in a rowboat (Sasaki_19))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows two men in a rowboat, one pulling on the oars (00:13).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [18 of 48] (Crossing San Francisco Bay by ferry (Sasaki_18))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows ferries crossing the San Francisco Bay; views of the Ferry Building tower; passengers at the rail watch gulls flying overhead; a man poses with two children, with other passengers on the deck nearby; a gull lands on the boatrail, with Yerba Buena Island in the background (01:15).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [17 of 48] (Man on the beach at San Francisco (Sasaki_17))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows the Pacific coast, with San Francisco's Cliff House in the background; an unidentified man poses, crouched at the water's edge (00:18).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [16 of 48] (Sea lions in the water (Sasaki_16))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows sea lions swimming in an enclosure (possibly at the Micke Park Zoo in Stockton, California) (00:22).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [15 of 48] (Man and woman playing tennis (Sasaki_15))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows people playing tennis in Stockton, California; several train cars are parked behind the tennis courts (00:22).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [14 of 48] (Students at Stockton High School (Sasaki_14))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows footage of Stockton High School; a group of students poses for the camera, and walk across the lawn; two young women descend the school steps and pass in front of the camera (01:14).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [13 of 48] (Teenage boys swimming and eating sukiyaki (Sasaki_13))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows three teenage boys swimming in a small river or canal; in their bathing suits, they eat sukiyaki and bowls of rice cooked over a campfire (00:36).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [12 of 48] (San Joaquin County Courthouse, Stockton (Sasaki_12))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This very brief segment, captured from a moving car, shows the San Joaquin County Courthouse in Stockton, California (built 1895; razed August 1961) (00:08).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [11 of 48] (Swimmers at the Stockton Municipal Baths (Sasaki_11))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows footage of men and boys swimming at the Stockton Municipal Baths (01:10).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [10 of 48] (Woman and children at Stockton Buddhist Temple (Sasaki_10))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment shows a young woman descending the steps of the Stockton Buddhist Temple; she poses with two boys, one of whom rides a bicycle (00:29).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [9 of 48] (Transferring the Stockton Buddhist Temple altar (Sasaki_09))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows the transfer of the Buddhist temple altar (naijin) to the new Stockton Buddhist Temple on November 14, 1926. Crowds assemble outside the banner-draped temple facade; the processional group assembles for a group photograph, including children in chigo costume and elaborate headdress, and Buddhist priests in their robes (01:28).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [8 of 48] (Transferring the Stockton Buddhist Temple altar (Sasaki_08))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment shows the transfer of the Buddhist temple altar (naijin) to the new Stockton Buddhist Temple on November 14, 1926. A car carrying the altar drives slowly down the street, followed by a procession of priests, dignitaries, and church members, including many children in chigo costume; bystanders watch the procession (01:50).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [7 of 48] (Boys playing at Tacoma Buddhist Church parsonage (Sasaki_07))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment, dated 1932, shows two of Rev. Sasaki's sons playing in the yard of the Tacoma Buddhist Church parsonage; the older son, in military cap and backpack, holds a wooden rifle and salutes; both children play military games with toy guns, and salute for the camera; the two boys pose in a car, and on their tricycles, raising their arms in the traditional salute of "Banzai!" ("Ten thousand years"); a title card reads "Sayonara" ("Goodbye") (02:27).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [6 of 48] (Tacoma Buddhist Church members (Sasaki_06))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment, dated 1932, shows chairs and risers in front of the Tacoma Buddhist Church, in preparation for a group photograph; a man pages through the convention program of the NWYP Buddhist Federation; the group assembled for the photograph (01:10).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [5 of 48] (Women's association members preparing bento meals (Sasaki_05))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment, dated 1932, shows members of the Tacoma Buddhist Church women's association (Fujinkai), wearing aprons, assembling meals in bento boxes; women fill boxes with steamed rice, slice fruit (00:48).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [4 of 48] (Dignitaries at Tacoma Buddhist Church (Sasaki_04))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment, dated 1932, shows a group of unidentified dignitaries (mostly men; one woman wears a large corsage) exiting the Tacoma Buddhist Church parsonage, stepping into cars, and driving away (00:33; dark).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [3 of 48] (YBA members assemble for photograph (Sasaki_03))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This brief segment, dated 1932, shows men of the Young Buddhist Association arranged for a group photograph, with Rev. Sasaki in the center, before the Tacoma Buddhist Church (00:25).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [2 of 48] (Tacoma Buddhist Church and YBA members (Sasaki_02))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment, dated 1932, shows Rev. Sasaki lighting a cigarette; groups standing outside the Tacoma Buddhist Church; a street view of the church and parsonage; members of the Young Buddhist Association outside the church; a woman writes holds up the convention program of the NWYP Buddhist Federation (01:05).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection (96.150) [1 of 48] (Sasaki children playing (Sasaki_01))

Black and white silent amateur films, 1926-1933, of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

This segment, dated 1932 in a title card, shows two of Rev. Sasaki's sons playing in the yard of the parsonage at the Tacoma Buddhist Church; the older boy plays with chewing gum; the younger child throws up his arms (00:49).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

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Films of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma, 1926-1933, by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki.

#9: 1) 2 little boys posing for camera;
2) Pan from temple to minister's house. People, lots of automobiles. Various shots of YBA people in front of temple;
3) People posing for photograph;
4) Fujinkai women making bento;
5) People setting up for group shot in front of temple. Long pan of people set up for panorama photograph;
6) 2 boys dressed in soldier outfits, complete with backpack and guns. Playing, shooting, etc. (7:34).

#11: 1 reel of b&w; 16mm film. Scenes include:
1) Chigo, procession down street. Automobiles, scene shot from second story;
2) Children posing for panoramic still.
3) Young woman walking down stairs;
4) Mother and sons, sons in beanies riding bicycles;
5) Swimming in pool;
6) River outing, swimming, boys eating sukiyaki, cooked outdoors;
7) University;
8) Tennis, seals;
9) San Francisco bay, ferry, people on ferry and bridge;
10) Rowing, playing in the snow, snowmen, very short baseball shot;
11) Playing golf;
12) Family in formal attire, touring;
13) Close-up pan of young girls. Girls waving goodbye as man takes off in automobile and heads down street;
14) People in front of temple;
15) Stockton baseball team;
16) Various shots of people at temple, all ages (16:04).

#19: 1) Girls in front of temple(?). Fooling around, dancing the Charleston;
2) Yosemite touring. Various views, some with people. Automobile going through giant redwood tree;
3) 2 young girls posing with father;
4) Tennis;
5) Football;
6) Scruffy children eating (ice cream?). 2 boys playing in snow;
7) Speed boat races;
8) Tennis;
9) Boys and girls having fun posing for camera;
10) Young athletes;
11) Baseball--not Japanese Americans;
12) Children going into temple;
13) Stockton and Yamato baseball teams, close-up pans and action;
14) YMBA (Young Men's Buddhist Association) young men leaving Sacramento; 15) Automobiles in downtown Sacramento (15:34).

Credits: Rev. Sensho Sasaki Collection, Gift of the Sasaki Family, Japanese American National Museum (96.150). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.