Black & white silent amateur footage of family and business activities of Setsuo Aratani (1885-1940), filmed 1926-1940.

This brief segment shows an outdoor stage, decorated with Japanese-language banners and hanging lanterns, beneath an American flag. A woman plays an upright piano while a girl, wearing a costume decorated with musical notes, sings and dances (00:07).

Credit: Setsuo Aratani Collection, Gift of George Aratani, Japanese American National Museum (2004.67). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.