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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.

HNRC — Last modified Aug 25 2012 2:11 p.m.


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