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I'm late to this thread - sorry!

Here are some gems from Tokyo and Yokohama - about 1930ish.
1930\'s Japan - 1

1930\'s Japan 2

A recent news report that seems to have some scenes taken from clips above - but gives a good view of mid-late '30's
1930\'s Japan 3 [/QUOTE]

Many thanks Chris – some beautiful footage. The first clip reminded me of the Chiang Mai province in Thailand – hard to believe it’s Tokyo.

The second, my favourite clip – again, hard to believe it’s Tokyo. Somewhere during the first one and a half minutes you could be forgiven for thinking in parts that you were witnessing the start of modern, twentieth century America – somewhere like Washington. I love the way it switches to black and white with certain areas coloured in – beautiful.

The colours are beautiful in the third film (which also incorporates the second film) – the opening scenes of blossom and long stretches of canal, it feels like a lost Quiet Man piece.

Many thanks for sharing Chris!

Amazon states that My Lost City will be released on March 1st 2010 ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001UACEC6/ref=pe_27211_18857751_pe_vfe_d1

..supposedly for the first time on amazon ...

Probably correct - I only remember seeing it on Townsend & Sister Ray. As normal, the Amazon price is cheaper, and in this case, by quite a bit.

Talking of lost cities, did anyone see that programme about Detroit on BBC2 the other day? Apparently much of the city has been abandoned and is slowly being reclaimed by nature, pretty much like the overgrown London John has often referred to in interviews and The Quiet Man.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rkm3y

Also some lovely photos here;

http://www.marchandmeffre.com/detroit/index.html

Well spotted herbert .. some great pics there ...

I like the series on Eastern European industries

here's an old abandoned Kraftwerk (no, not Ralf Huetter)..
http://www.marchandmeffre.com/industry/muldenstein1.jpg

Yes, I watched it. I said to myself. " I wonder if John Foxx is watching this?"

I came across the programme by chance. Doing the usual thing of flicking through the channels, thinking there was naff all on, & there it was.

thanks for posting, I will have to try and watch this online while its still available. Funnily enough I came across a monumental Detroit station building online in the past and have long been fascinated by it (reminds me somewhat of an old clydeside grain storage facility near to where I grew up, now demolished by waterside development):
http://www.seedetroit.com/pictures/mcsweb/

Thanks to all for the heads-up on this documentary - just finished watching it on iplayer.

Superb documentary - I remember reading back in the 80s when they filmed Robocop there that the location scout said they had "40 square miles of urban wasteland to play with..." - unbelievable.

Abandoned city galore!

http://weburbanist.com/2008/10/19/ghost-town-abandoned-city-examples-images/

Here is a FRESH abandoned city. For anyone who has been here, you can appreciate how difficult these pictures were to get (I don't believe they are doctored - but wouldn't say 100%).

Looks like everyone has just left town.

Tokyo Nobody


The book that these pictures are from is called "Tokyo Nobody" by the artist Masataka Nakano. I've thumbed through it at bookshops, never quite got around to buying it though, as I promised myself I'd try to take some similar pix myself (but can never get out of bed early enough!). My guess is that the shots are taken at about 4am as it gets light REALLY early in summer here.