Aki Matsuri in San Francisco (1972)

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KPIX Eyewitness News report from September 29th 1972 by Bill Hillman featuring the Aki Matsuri Festival in San Francisco's Japantown. There are views of children practicing calligraphy (shodo), paper folding (origami) and a paper plane flying competition. Also includes scenes of an organizer being interviewed, who explains that: "The Japanese community in the Bay Area is trying to share some of the cultural heritage of Japan with the greater community."

Tags: aki matsuri , bill hillman , japanese americans , japantown , kpix 109775 , nihonmachi , origami , shodo

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Originally aired on: KPIX-TV

Date aired: 9/29/72

Recording medium: 16mm color co-magnetic sound film

Rights for this video belong to: CBS5 KPIX-TV

Duration: 2:30

Type of material: archival newsfilm

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