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The Great Kanto Earthquake: Three Days of Ruin in Tokyo

2023-11-12

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A century after the Great Kanto Earthquake, previously unknown details have been extracted from newly 8K remastered and colorized footage, vividly demonstrating how Tokyo citizens faced the disaster.

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