Japanese railways circa 1940
Among the many wondrous & strange things to be found on this Internet of ours are videos, originally taken from film, of the railways of Japan at the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Kanawa, or Tetsurin, 1940. Released on LaserDisc. Very nice footage of both steam and electric railways.
Railway Signals (Tetsudou Shingo), 1940, in two parts. Released on LaserDisc.
A View of Track Maintenance (Tetsudou Housen-zu), in two parts. Released on LaserDisc.
Kanawa, or Tetsurin, 1940. Released on LaserDisc. Very nice footage of both steam and electric railways.
Click to viewRailway Signals (Tetsudou Shingo), 1940, in two parts. Released on LaserDisc.
A View of Track Maintenance (Tetsudou Housen-zu), in two parts. Released on LaserDisc.