Manʼei sakuhin bōkyōhen. Manshū no daichi / Reimei no seibu Manshū (満映作品望鄉編. 満洲の大地 / 黎明之西部満州)
1937. DVD (ca. 41 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M356 2005
Summary: "Rakudo kiki" (1937) is a promotional film intended to persuade farmers to participate in a farmers' cooperative called "Nōji Gakksakusha," explaining the cooperative works. Includes scenes of cows and sheep in the pasture, a livestock market and other farm activities. "Reimei no seibu Manshū" (date unknown) shows the life style, customs and sumo fighting of the Mongolians living in the heart of the Greater Khingan mountains. Also includes views of a Tibetan Buddhists mausoleum, a hot spring at Arxan City, and scenes of Hailar City.
Manʼei sakuhin bōkyōhen. Minori no Manshū / Nōgyō Manshū / Kokusō Manshū (満映作品望鄉編. 稔りの満洲 / 農業満州 / 穀倉満州)
1939. DVD (40 min.) All Region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M357 2005
Summary: "Manshū Kensetsu Kinrō Hōshitai" (1939, partial) documents the young farmers and students sent off to Manchuria for reclamation work. "Nōgyō Manshū" (date unknown, partial) shows farm life in Manchuria ifrom planting seaon to harvest season. "Kokusō Manshū" (1944) looks at Manchuria as a food source, showing harvested crops collected at a distribution center to be sent off to Japan, China and the battlefronts in the South.
Manʾei sakuhin bōkyōhen. Natsukashi no Manshū / Mohankyō no kensetsu (満映作品望鄉編. 懐かしの満洲 / 模範鄉之建設)
1935. DVD (45 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M358 2005
Summary: "Shinsei no eikō" (1935, partial) visits the Greater Khingan mountain range in northeastern China as well as the Amur River region and shows the different ethnic groups who live there: Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese and White Russians. "Mohankyō no kensetsu"(date unknown, partial) portrays Manchoukuo as a rich agriculrural nation. Includes a dramatized film which explains the vigilante corps system, clips of young farmers receiving agricultural education and practices, medical and welfare institutes, school education, food stores, riparian and road construction works. Also shows scenes of a farmers' cooperative, Nōji Gassakusha, etc.
Manʼei sakuhin bōkyōhen. Omoide no Manshū / Manshū Teikoku taikan (満映作品望鄉編. 想ひでの満洲 / 満州帝國大観)
1935. DVD (55 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M359 2005
Summary: "Rakudo shin Manshū" (1935) shows the variety of scenes in Manchoukuo, including temples and the Summer Palace in Chendge, city of Mukden, sport events for students and school education. "Sanga" (date unknown) looks at the White Russians living in the highlands of the Argun River basin, on western side of the Greater Khingan Range, showing farm work, dancing at a festival, religious service at a Russian Orthodox Church and military troops raising the Imperial Russian flag as well as Manchoukuo's five color flag during their horsemanship practice. "Manshū Teikoku taikan" (date unknown, incomplete) is an overview of the rapid development of Manchoukuo. Clips include the traditional life style of the Mongolian tribes at Xing'an Sheng, railroad contruction by the South Manchiairn railway Co., views of the city of Dalian, Mukden Harbin and Hsinking, coal mining at Fushun and clips of Puyi, the chief executive and later Emperor of Manchoukuo, etc.
Manshū nyūsu eiga. 10, Gōgai. Sorengun satsuei eizō (満洲ニュース映画. 10, 号外. ソ連軍撮影映像)
19??. DVD (49 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M3675 2005 v. 10
Summary: 1931-nen -- 1932-nen Shanhai -- 1937-nen Shanhai Nankin -- 1939-nen Nomonhan jiken -- 1945-nen Manshū no shūen.
Manshū nyūsu eiga. 1-7, Manʼei tsūshin Manʼei jihō (満州ニュース映画. 1-7, 滿映時報 滿映通信)
19??. 7 DVDs (305 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M3675 2005
Summary: [1] "Manʼei jihō" dai 168-hō, "Manʼei tsūshin" dai 254-hō, 270-271-hō -- [2]. "Manʼei tsūshin" dai 272-274 hō, dai 276-hō -- [3] "Manʼei tsūshin" dai 277-280-hō -- [4] "Manʼei tsūshin" dai 281-285 hō -- [5] "Manʼei jihō" dai 286-289-hō, 291-hō -- [6] "Manʼei tsūshin" dai 292-hō, "Manʼei jihō" dai 302-hō, "Manʼei tsūshin" dai 303-hō, "Manʼei jihō" dai 304-305-hō -- [7] "Manʼei tsūshin" dai 306-hō, 310--hō, "Manʼei jihō" dai 311-hō, "Manʼei tsūshin" dai 312-hō, tokuhō, "Manʼei tsūshin" (no number), "Manʼei jihō" (no number).
Manshū nyūsu eiga. 8, Gōgai. Kodomo Manshū (満州ニュース映画. 8, 号外. こども滿洲)
19??. DVD (52 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M3675 2005 v. 8
Summary: Kodomo Manshū dai 45-gō -- Kodomo Manshū dai 46-gō -- Jōshikan senkyo : Hokushi sensen dai 59-hō -- Kūgun dainijin -- [Hikō kunren] -- [Shōkaiseki Kokumintō-gun]
Manshū nyūsu eiga. 9, Gōgai. Kyōwa Manʼei jijihō (満洲ニュース映画. 9, 号外. 協和滿映時事報)
19??. DVD (48 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M3675 2005 v. 9
Summary: Includes "dai 2-shū," "dai 3-shū," "dai 6-shū" and "dai 7-shū" of "Kyōwa Manʼei jihō." Each part includes several film clips. Dates of production are unknown. Explanatory comments are inserted by the DVD producton company at the beginning of each film clip. Also includes "Kyōwa eiga jihō kinen tokushūgō," produced by Manshū Teikoku Kyōwakai. The original explanatory comments are included.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 1 Kensetsu kōji (満鉄記錄映画集. 1 建設工事)
1939. DVD (62 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 1
Summary: Kensetsu kōji" (1939, 22 min.) documents the construction of a railroad between Chengdae, Rehe sheng, and the border of Xinan. "Kagayaku ichimankiro" (1939, 18 min.) tells the history of railroad construction in Manchuria by the South Manchurian Railway Company, which had laid over 10,000 km. of tracks by the late 1930's. "Kikansha Pashiha" (1939, 21 min.) documents the construction of a locomotive dubbed "Pashiha" at the factory in Dalian.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 10 Natsu no harubin = Harbin in summer / Parin = Peitaiho / Kitsurin no ukai = Kirin / Tōman no shuryō (満鐵記錄映画集. 10 夏の哈爾賓 / 巴林 / 北戴河 / 吉林の鵜飼 / 東満の狩猟)
1937. DVD (53 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 10
Summary: Each film features summer or winter recreation in Manchuria. "Natsu no Harubin" (1937, 8 min.) shows boat sailing in Songhua River, Harbin. "Parin: Kōanrei kyanpingu" (1937, 11min.) features camping in the Hsingan mountains. "Peitaiho" (1937, 8 min.) features Peitaiho (Beidaihe) as a popular seaside resort for Americans and Europeans. "Kitsurin no ukai" (1937, 9 min.) shows cormorant fishing practiced from June to mid September on Songhua River, Kitsurin (Jilin). "Tōman no shuryō" (1939, 17 min.) shows hunters hunting pheasants, deer, bears and tigers in the deep snow mountains.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 11-12 Hokushi no reimei (満鐵記錄映画集. 11-12 北支の黎明)
1937. 2 DVDs (105 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 11-12
Summary: A series of thirteen short films which record the Sino-Japanese Conflict, filmed on the front lines by Mantetsu Eiga Seisakujo film crews in 1937.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 2 Manshū no tabi (満鉄記錄映画集. 2 満洲の旅)
1937. DVD (45 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 2
Summary: "Manshū no tabi" (1937, 5 min.) is a short promotional film about traveling in Manchuria. "[Sen-Man shūyū no tabi] naichi-hen" (1937, 10 min.) features two women travelling from Tokyo, Japan, to Dalian, Manchuria via train and ship. "Nai-Sen-Man shūyū no tabi, Manshū-hen" (1937, 28 min.) visits a variety of sightseeing spots in Manchuria.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 3 Kenkoku no haru (満鐵記錄映画集. 3 建国の春)
1932. DVD (59 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 3
Summary: "Kenkoku no haru" (1932, 17 min.) is a silent film which records the foundation of of the nation-state of Manchukuo. Also includes the inauguration ceremony of Pu Yi as Manchukuo's administrator and the raising of the flag of Manchukuo . "Manshūkoku kōko taiten" (1934, 18 min.) features the enthronement ceremony of Pu Yi as the new emperor of Manchukuo in March 1934. Subtitles in Chinese and English. "Yakushin kokuto" (1937, 22 min.) displays some of the buildings erected in a five-year construction plan in Manchukuo's capital city of Shinkyō (Changchun).
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 4 [Manshū ni okeru ritton chōsadan] = The League of Nations Commission of Inquiry in Manchuria (満鉄記錄映画集. 4 [満洲におけるリットン調查団])
1931. DVD (41 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 4
Summary: A silent film which records the activities of the Lytton Commission sent by the League of Nations to Manchuria to investigate the Manchurian Incident of Sep. 1931.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 5 Ōdō san tari (満鐵記錄映画集. 5 王道燦たり)
1941. DVD (68 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 5
Summary: Produced in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of Manchukuo, this film surveys the history of Manchuria and the South Manchurian Railway from the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 to the opening of the Pacific War, 1941. Clips include a variety of historical figures and events.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 6 Kaitaku totsugekitai - tetsudō jikeison imin kiroku (満鐵記錄映画集. 6 開拓突撃隊 - 鉄道自警村移民記錄)
1937. DVD (62 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 6
Summary: "Kaitaku totsugekitai" (1937, 33 min.) is a reportage on the vigilance villages built along South Manchurian Railway, featuring the Japanese immigrant farmers' daily life, security duty as vigilantes and the education for their children. "Shōnen takushi no nikki" (1940, 29 min.) features the daily life of trainees who participate in "Man-Mō Kaitaku Seishōnen Giyūgun (Emigration of Youth Troops to Manchuria-Mongolia Areas), showing their agricultural education and military drill.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 7 Sōgen Baruga (満鐵記錄映画集. 7 草原バルガ)
1936. DVD (51 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 7
Summary: "Sōgen Baruga" (1936, 21 min.) looks at the life and customs of the nomadic people of Barga, Hulunbuir, a border region where Manchuria, Soviet Russia and Mongolia intersect. "Kōri no hyōjō" (1941, 28 min.) documents some research experiments with ice conducted by the South Manchurian Railway Company on the Sungari River, Harbin. Includes scenes of winter in Harbin, such as winter sports, Russian Orthodox baptismal rites in icy water, and ice fishing.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 8 Manshū daizu = Soja-bohnen (満鐵記錄映画集. 8 満洲大豆)
1938. DVD (42 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 8
Summary: "Manshū daizu" (22 min, 1938) features the contemporary soybean farming and processing industry in Manchuria, where over 50% of the world's soybeans were then produced. Also includes clips of the agricultural experimental station at South Manchurian Railway Company engaged in improving the quality of soybeans. "Nyanʼnyan meyaohoi " (20 min., 1940) features a festival at the Taoist temple Niang Niang Miao, Daisekikyō (Dashiqiao) City, Liaodong Peninsula.
Mantetsu kiroku eigashū. 9 Hikyō Nekka (満鐵記錄映画集. 9 秘境熱河)
1936. DVD (49 min.) All region
Call#: DVD DS784 .M368 2005 vol. 9
Summary: "Hikkyō Nekka" (1936, 15 min.) tours the major cities in Nekka-shō (Rehe Sheng) and visits the buildings, castles and Buddhist temples constructed duringthe early Qing Dynasty. Also shows the culture and life style of Tibetan Buddhists, commonly known as Lamaists. This DVD includes part 1 and part 3 of the original 5 parts. "Rusutaku dayori" (1939, 10 min.) is a silent documentary film which records the welfare-related activities in Dairen (Dalian) for the families of the employees of the South Manchurian Railway Company who have been sent to the front. Includes stage performances, a sport festivals for the families who have left behind. In "Nichi-Man tsuzurikata shisetsu" (1940, 23 min.) ten Japanese elementary school students who won a writing contest travel across Manchukuo, stopping over in the major cities of Mukden, Changchun, Harbin and Dalian.
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