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Thanks, Wojtek
 
Mussolini roars in Milan.
"We cannot support the League of Nations unless it is reformed as Italy intends. True peace should come after we have owned sufficient powers in the land, sea and sky." Italian Prime Minister Mussolini gave an impassioned speech to thousands of citizens at the Duomo Square in November, 1936.


Source: Press Rengo Photo News (Nov. 1936)
 
Yabusame horseback archery dedicated to Meiji Shrine in Tokyo.
From one o'clock in the afternoon on November 1, 1936, the Greater Japan Archery Association, under the direction of the association chairman Mr. Kaneko, held the annual Yabusame horseback archery for the Meiji Shrine Grand Festival at Yoyogi, Tokyo. It is significant that this Shinto ritual which has been being performed as a prayer for victory in war since ancient times.


Source: Press Rengo Photo News (Nov. 1936)

In 2015.

Source: 伝統芸能や流鏑馬も!明治神宮でご祭神・明治天皇の御誕生日を祝う「秋の大祭」|ニュース - OZmall
 
I watch NHK TV a lot and have seen this and it's an amazing skill.
Thank you Shinpachi.
 
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That is one massive bow
 
The US Presidential Election in November, 1936.

Instruction to Japanese local newspaper companies from Rengo Photo News:
If Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins, use the left photo.
If Alfred Mossman Landon wins, use the right photo.
Result will turn out on the 4th.


Source: Press Rengo Photo News (Nov. 1936)
 
Following the last year, fifteen Japanese traditional beautiful battledores as Christmas gift for American children in the US, were handed to YMCA Mr. Dargin's son and daughter (Lucille? and Helen) as representatives at Hibiya Children Park in Tokyo on November 21, 1936.


Source: Press Rengo Photo News (Nov. 1936)
 

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