IMAGE
Japanese boy scouts, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Date
- between 1946-1948
- Reference
- J-1539-F
- Description
Original caption reads: "Two [unidentified] Japanese youths on their way to attend a scout jamboree held recently at Yamaguchi [Japan], in the area formerly occupied by J-Force. Very keen, they bicycled 30 miles with their machines heavily laden with camping gear. The boy scout movement in Japan, which was suppressed during the war, now numbers several thousands." Official army photograph taken between 1946-1948. Photographer unidentified.
Identified from print of this negative at PA1-q-308-1539.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / J Force negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Film negative
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Japanese boy scouts, Yamaguchi, Japan. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: J-1539-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22327957More information can be found in our terms of use.