SPORTING JAPAN

Record number 188053^Japan's Pictorial No. 4 presented by: Board of Tourist Industry Japan. Title page is backdropped by shot of Mt. Fuji. Shots include: Samurai warriors training with wooden swords and sticks, one fighting two with no weapons, wrestling matches, large group training. Hundreds of women dressed in long black skirts, white tops, holding long poles practice very precise movements. Divers off high platform, swimmers in pool practicing, swimmers set on mark for start of competition, L/S diving platform, pool and crowds. Many shots from Inter-Collegiate Regatta. Japan's version of the popular Oxford - Cambridge race in England. Shots of single person race boats speeding along the water, C/U one of the drivers. Track and field team marching in stadium before games. Shots of smiling crowds. Shots of field events include: Running Long Jump, High Jump, Pole Vault, Shot Put, Javelin Throw. Shots of 50 yard dash, hurdle race and long race through city streets. Many shots of horse event where people jump their horses and run them through the paces. Horses side by side eating from very long trough.