Rice Industry in Japan

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A stretch of pale gold relieved at intervals by the figure of a worker, such is the first vivid impression gained by this film of the rice fields of Japan. Throughout the whole series of views the Japanese methods of separating the grain from the plant, the husk from the kernel of the grain, winnowing, cleansing and sifting are perfectly shown, all the pictures being open air ones. Clear close views of the machines have not been forgotten, and prominent amongst the devices for cleansing the grain is a pair of bellows, which appear to be made of oiled silk or paper. Types of the workers, both young and old, are other admirable pictures in this film, which has been brought up to as high a pitch of perfection, and is as carefully chosen and arranged as any of the best of our travel subjects in which we think we may justly have some pride.