Holiday News - Kite Festival (1954)

Japan. GV annual Kite Flying Festival in Japan. LV kites being sent up. SV ropes being dragged, & SV. One man tries bringing other rope pullers down with him. SV kites soaring in the sky. SV man with small boy eating as they watch. Angle shot, kites flying in the sky. SV crowd. SV kites spinning to earth. (F.G.) (Orig “E“) FILM ID:174.1 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.