Black and white silent amateur films by Dave Tatsuno (1913-2006), a businessman in the San Francisco Bay area. Among Tatsuno's earliest films, taken in 1936-1937, these generally show family events, and meetings of the Young People's Christian Conference, in which Tatsuno was active.

This segment from the late 1930s shows groups convening for a Young People's Christian Conference meeting; people, many with white crosses on their lapels, seated outdoors before an ivy-covered building; women seated around tables; many pictures of small groups and individuals, including Tatsuno's girlfriend (later wife) Alice Okada (04:17).

Credits: Dave Tatsuno Collection, Gift of Dave Tatsuno, in Memory of Walter Honderick, Japanese American National Museum (91.74). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.