A record shows that it snowed 4 or 5 times a year in Kawaguchi area around the year 1956 when this picture was filmed, and that the snow often accumulated to a depth of 30 centimeters. Of late, due probably to worsening global warming we have a snow only once in the winter.

This is a rare 8mm film to show production facilities in the factory. The room was dark and the film was taken without lighting as there was no lighting rig.

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Employees having a snowball fight.

8 mm filming was difficult as it was dark in the factory room.

To the employees, "Say cheese."

Tomizo Kohara, the founder and Shogoro Takaishi, the editor of 8 mm film.