The Rebirth Of A Nation (1923)

Item title reads - The rebirth of a nation. The Japanese people are boldly attacking the gigantic task of reconstruction. Japan. M/S of the road with a channel running through it where the earthquake has torn it apart. M/S of a similar scene, people walk along and try to go about their business. M/S as Japanese troops clear the rubble away, M/S as large pieces of wreckage are levered up. Soldiers hack at the stone with pickaxes. Intertitle - ’British Bluejackets lend a hand.’ One Bluejacket chops at a door with an axe, others watch. M/S as people reconstruct houses and put supports underneath. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (191