Japanese Meeting (1946)

Unissued / unused material - location and date unclear or unknown. Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Hirohito opens the newly created democratic Diet and decries his divinity. View of Diet Building in Tokyo. Emperor Hirohito enters the Diet or parliament building. Interior shots of Diet chamber as Hirohito makes his way to the throne. Minister presents Emperor with Scroll and he starts to make a declaration. Old record suggests date as April 1946. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end o