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.