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I have an old 8mm footage documentary film conditionJapan 1920's
Dear Sandra,
my name is Budi Trisno Tjahjono, came from indonesia, i have old footage film about situation in japan in 1920's or 1930's. it was someone from indonesia with people from holland travelling to japan on that time and he took those film.also it is an original film.
my film is in 2 reels film, the duration about totaly 28minutes, there is 2 minutes in bad quality, and the rest is in good quality,
firstly i have to say that i never been in japan,but i try to descript that films about:
in that years , there is someone from indonesia making a trip to japan and he took that film, so it is a footage the original shot on that time.
-it was in a place like National Park Nikko, Keygon waterfall, on a mountain and if the visitor will go to the top have to take the cable car.and on it there is a shrines.and pagoda.there is a train pull up by another train, so that the train go to the mountain.and it was just an old locomotif.
-is shows a place there is so many hot air blast to a small pool, i don't know what it is.
-there is parade from a kingdom part, and there is about 8 mans took a big bier of their shoulder and there is someone on it, after so many soldier walking behind, and there is a soldier riding a horse with complete weapon, i mean here is samurai.i don't know what kind parade is that.
-it shows living situation in a town and like village, the people that time wearing kimono all the time.and use a wood sandal.
-there is port and so many ship, it shows about a big ship, there is so many kanos transport the passanger to the big ship, and the kanos is only for maximum 3 persons.and it shows a situation around that port, and the near of that port, there is a high mountain.
-on that ship, they have a little funny ceremony, there is a small pool and there is a chair in front of that chair, there is three priest waiting for someone who will sit on that chair, after someone sit on that chair, priest wipe head with a burst and than pull them in the pool, and then they have to swim out from that pool.and there is so many people will try that ceremony.
-it shows too about rafting follow a river, in that small kano is 6 persons in it, and they did not wearing lifejacket and what a funniest thing is, they wear formal clothes like they will go to the party.even though the river is pretty wide and dangerous but the front driver drive really good.
-there is a bomber plane with one propheler on that film, but i don't know what exactly kind of that plane is that.and if they will starting that machine, they have starting from the front of that plane and there is a car and through a dinamo starter with a long stick to rotate that propheler.and it was from air force.
besides, i have an old footage documentaries about Jogjakarta and bali in Indonesia in years 1930's.
my purpose is, i want to sell that documentary film, do you have any suggestion, to whom should i sell those film?or what should i do sothat i can get good result, money or something else?
thank you very much.
Budi trisno Tjahjono
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