Old Japanese documentaries on YouTube (and elsewhere)

[UnfinishedKit]

There’s an absolute treasure trove of old Japanese documentaries on YouTube, lots of railway ones among them.  I really should have been posting them. 
 

I’m watching this one right now with my son. It’s not specifically a railway one it’s about building the Seto Ōhashi (yes there is a railway line on it). Truly great cinematography and soundtrack to convey the awesomeness of building a massive bridge across the Seto inland sea. 
 

I’ve got loads more I’ll post. 

Edited May 3 by UnfinishedKit

[UnfinishedKit]

This one one measuring track dynamics from back in Showa34 is great. Some good 151系 action. 

 

There’s a great subtext of ‘this is why we need to build the Tokaido shinkansen’. 

[eldomtom2]

On 5/3/2025 at 8:02 AM, UnfinishedKit said:

This one one measuring track dynamics from back in Showa34 is great. Some good 151系 action. 

 

There’s a great subtext of ‘this is why we need to build the Tokaido shinkansen’. 

That channel (tyokutoku) has uploaded a lot of great 1960s documentaries.

[UnfinishedKit]

Workers of the Tsubame in 1954, featuring an EF58 and a C62 - as the title says focussed on the people working the train.