9 minutes of 1937 Japan: when travel docs were basically postcards with voiceover.
This Traveltalk visit to Japan starts with a look at the country's cherry blossom trees, tulips, and ubiquitous gardens. We then see the proper manner for preparing a woman's hair and wearing a kimono.
Cinematography
Hand-tinted flower porn before color film got expensive.
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's travel budget went HARD for nine minutes.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Traveltalks were MGM's answer to newsreels, feeding Depression-era audiences exotic escapism on the cheap. This one's basically Instagram before influencers.
The kimono sequence was likely staged for camera—actual dressing rituals were more private, making this early 'reality' TV construction.
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