nnm_f838_volume_s2899

nnm_f838_volume_s2899

Description

Title Proper 16mm Films
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized
General material designation
From this series, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
There are two 16mm film reels. The films document Prince Chichibu and Princess Chichibu's visit to Vancouver on March 29-30, 1937. One film highlights Powell Street, Steveston, and Japanese Canadian fishing boats. Another film takes place in 1939, and shows the Japanese Canadian community gathering to welcome the Royal Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. These films also show prominent Japanese Canadian community members, including Etsuji Morii, Shigetaka (Steve) Sasaki, Tsutae Sato, and Eikichi Kagetsu. This this film also document's Kano Jigoro's visit to Vancouver. Kano is the father of Judo. Morii and Sasaki tour him around the city. This film also shows a Judo tournament.
Name of creator
Shigetaka (Steve) Sasaki has been referred to as the "Father of Judo in Canada." He came to Canada in 1922 in order to fish, after being invited by his aunt and uncle who owned a small bakery in Canada, and established the first amateur judo clubs in Canada in Vancouver, BC and the surrounding area.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

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Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.