Log-Rolling

Clip: 425436_1_1

Year Shot: 1967 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1766

Original Film: 040-090-06

HD: N/A

Location: Japan - a waterway

Timecode: -

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In Tokyo, champion log-rollers keep the show spinning with a demonstration of skillful timer-twirling. Some use spikes and clamps on shoes, others do the trick barefoot! Sightseers taking in a log rolling competition line a waterway. Two rollers are atop a log. Close-up of the rollers' feet moving across a spinning log. A contestant falls. A mother holds up her child and smiles at the display. Rollers in ornate costumes hold long poles while they roll. The rollers bring their logs to a slow stop. Close-up of feet. Another roller waves a fan as he rolls.