Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

ARTESH said:

Shinpachi-san, can you give any information about the make-ups of two ladies in Kimono, in 5th photo from above?

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From right to left,
Kabuki actor of legend 6th Kikugoro Onoe, Marquis Giacomo Paulucci, Kikugoro's daughter Takiko and wife Chiyo.


6th Kikugoro's figure is left in a museum.

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1939 Press Photo Japan holds mock funeral service for Great Britain

援蔣英國 - UK supports Chiang Kai-shek. This would be the reason.

How Japanese people saw the US in 1938.

"Modern girls are becoming more and more exposed and this seems to be a headache for not only Japanese but Americans. An inventor in California has developed a device to measure exposure recently. If the exposure is too high, it will ignite as shown in this picture.
If naked? Oh, maybe an explosion."


Marion Talley shows her so fashionable summer hat in Hollywood.


National Cotton Week in the US. Cotton consumption helps economy there.


Recent militarization in the US. Washington-Lee High School organizes a compact unit by girls.


Which is Sonja Henie? A lookalike appears.
(Sonja Henie and Joan Taylor)

Female William Tells in the US. Really extravagant.


A beautiful formation of the Boeing P-26s in Hartford. A massive military exercise was carried out in the US on May 12.


The 16" shells of the issue between US and UK at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover NJ.
It costs $1,000.00 apiece. Range 15miles.


Teachers from the US who observed in Japan and Manchukuo seem to be reluctant to leave in the farewell party.


"The Man in the Iron Lung" Mr. Frederick Snite can't live without the iron lung but he is still fine and even tries to enjoy his tour for Florida.

UK in 1938 seen by the Japanese people.

British Army, as well as Royal Navy, hurries up the military expansion. A latest armoured vehicle equipped with the howitzers appeared during the joint exercise of the army and the academy on April 8.


As UK hurries for the military expansion, Red Cross nurses also cooperate with the recruit campaign with such provocative costumes as this picture but the result seems to be lmited.


King George VI and queen consort Elizabeth visited France with Foreign Secretary Halifax to tighten relationships on July 19. In the picture, French President Lebrun and his wife lead the guests.


Duke of Windsor who left the throne more than a year ago enjoys solo boating on the water in Milan.


A large exercise composed of 900 planes of the Royal Air Force was carried out in August for 3 day. This is said a training for the protection from the poisonous gas. Photo shows British airmen wearing gas masks at the Hornchurch Airfield.


The military expansion campaign goes on in UK.
Bombing demonstration against HMS Aurora in Portsmouth.


Royal Air Force personnels during the air defense drill carried out in the mid-August.

Germany seen by the Japanese people in 1938.

German troops invaded Austria. Fuehrer Hitler who entered Vienna dashingly with the astonishment of the world declared the Annexation of Germany and Austria in front of more than 100,000 citizens at Helden Pratz on the 15th of March. The Greater Germany has been born here.
Photo shows a historic meeting of Fuehrer Hitler with Mr. Inquart.


Like we Japanese train the youths, the Nazi's German Girls Association's summer camp training was held on the coast facing the Baltic Sea.


Kaiser's grandson and his wife, who are staying at the German Embassy, seem to like Japan and Tokyo completely.
Photo shows the couple enjoying traditional Japanese cuisine.


30 and more Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) members arrived at the Tokyo Station to visit the Imperial Palace receiving our youths' enthusiastic welcome at 14:16 on August 16.


On the other hand, Japanese youth delegation also received the passionate welcome in Germany.


Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe invites the Hitlerjugend memebers and Ambassador Eugen Ott to his villa in Karuizawa on the 27th.


Under the slogan "Healthy people build the great nation", Fuehrer Hitler observes the National Sports Festival.


The Czech and German conflicts in Sudetenland have intensified again with the Moravska-Ostrava Incident and the domestic crisis is increasing day by day. On the other hand, at the meeting of Hitler-Henlein Conversation in Nuremberg, as the new compromise proposal submitted by the Czech government has been declined, serious crisis is finally approaching.
Photo: Admiral Horthy of Hungaria with Fuehrer Hitler in Germany

Well, I still don't understand why a landlocked country (Hungary) should have an admiral???

Heavy rainfall there?

ARTESH said:

Well, I still don't understand why a landlocked country (Hungary) should have an admiral???

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Leftovers from the Austro-Hungarian empire...

Cheers,



Dana

Good shots shinpachi!

Germany seen by the Japanese people in 1938. The rest.

Peace or war. The tension continues on the German-Czech border.
After the Sudeten-German Incident, all Europe seems to be on the eve of war now. Britain, France and Soviet Union are rushing to find ways to avoid war. Global interest is now in Prague.
Photo: Nazi Germany's heavy tank unit


The Nazi Spirit shines in the century. The reconstruction of the Greater German Navy will not be so far.
Photo: Mini-submarine unit at the military port in Kiel


Peace or war. Global interest is focused on the Czech. Despite the efforts of the British Prime Minister, the Czech government still has a strong stance.
Photo: Fuehrer Hitler attending Labor Service Day at the Nazi Rally in Nuremberg


Czech troops gathering around the border with the total mobilization.
Hitler gave powerful speech to his people at the Sportpalast in Berlin "If Czech does not accept our demands, we will act decisively."
Photo: Czech armoured vehicles advancing toward the border


The Great German people have already beaten all Europe without fight but with their spirit. Playing with all measures, Britain, France and the Soviet Union are trying to restrain Germany which claims ethnic autonomy but, if Czech does not accept the German memorandum, the result will be clear.
Photo: French tank corps on alert


The bombshell declaration for the ethnic autonomy that stunned all Europe has now fulfilled all demands. This German spirit is shown in the guards march held at the Nazi Rally in Nuremberg on September 11.
Photo: Fuehrer Hitler inspects the Nazi militia parade


Another giant airship Hindenburg II has been born by the total mobilization of German science. Since the explosion of the Hindenburg in May last year, her sister ship LZ130 which was under construction with all power of German science has recently completed.
Photo: LZ130.

Good stuff shinpachi!

The Soviet Union seen by the Japanese people in 1938.

The Soviet Union which suddenly shook up the principle of parity and demanded our country the closure of consulates there, according to the report from Warsaw dated April 12, also suddenly turned its policy to aggressive promotion of the bolshevization dividing the western border into seven districts.
Photo: Soviet searchlight unit devotes to the night exercises


General Lyushkov speaks about his escape from the bloody Great Purge.
General Lyushkov who defected from the Soviet Union to Japan, which caused a sensation in the world, received press interview at the Sanno Hotel in Akasaka, Tokyo on July 13.
Photo: General Lyushkov at the interview


Soviet troops invades Manchurian territory. Our empire demands urgent withdrawal.
Suddenly and illegally, Soviet troops invaded the Changkufeng peak near the lake Khasan on the borders of Manchuria, Korea and the Soviet Union and they hurry to build positions behind the fog.
(This incident happened soon after the General Lyushkov's defection but) They seem to be trying to distract their people's attention from the ongoing Great Purge too.
Photo: Soviet's Red Guard Army in night exercises


Assassination plot by the Anti-Stalin activists disclosed
When the world opinion sharply points out the violence and ceasefire rejection by the Soviet Union, ironically, an assassination plot by anti-Stalinists in the Soviet Azerbaijan against the communist party leader has been disclosed. The Soviet Union is now in the state of dismay.
Photo: Stalin votes taking pride in the absolute majority in the general election


The Manchuria-Soviet border issue in conflict at the Changkufeng had been officially signed a ceasefire agreement in the 3rd negotiation to confirm each occupied area.
Both troops retreated 80 meters back from the confirmed border.
Photo: A scene of Soviet aircraft blindly bombing the Jiangjunfeng peak and the Changkufeng peak.


Great Purge and the Red Army in turmoil.
The Great Purge storm finally had reached Marshal Budyonny, the commander of Far East Army, but Stalin could not ignore the Czech issue which predicted World War II. Now he is obliged to rush to expand the Red Army under the Marshal's command.
Photo: Marshal Budyonny inspecting a flight squadron


Through the red route, the red devil Soviet Union airlifts aircraft to Lanzhou.
Aiming for the global communism, the red devil Soviet Union encourages Chiang Kai-shek to fight Japan for nothing. Escaping the airstrikes by our bold airmen, they Soviet airmen transport aircraft to Lanzhou of the red route and try to achieve the ambition of rebuilding the air force in China.
Photo: A Soviet aircraft arrived at the Lanzhou airfield


To our imperial army heroes who fight the holy war of anti-comintern in China, White Russians (* white Russian émigrés) also send comfort bags. The White Russians Office at Kuanchengzi, Shinkyo City mobilized all Russians in Manchuria to make and send comfort bags with all their sincerity and visited the Kwantung Army Press Div. to complete the procedure for delivery to the front.
Photo: White Russian ladies making comfort bags