Caption
Japanese fashion, Buckley keeps a netted pen filled with songbirds in his backyard. Looking on are his two adopted sons, Bruce and Doug. The Buckleys have also adopted two Japanese daughters, Jean and Judy.
Release Date
May 21, 1957
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Harrington, RichardCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Canadian Earle Buckley of Saint John, N.B., who has headed the National Committee of the YMCA in Tokyo for the past 6 years is one of the reasons Canadians are today held in such high favour among the Japanese.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80108
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176544
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Clad in loose canvas shirt and trousers, prescribed garb for practising the art of Judo, Buckley tests his skill and agility in this ancient Japanese form of self-defence.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80110
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176545
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Buckley has won affection for Canada by his own sincere appreciation for ancient Japanese traditions. Japan is a formal land, rich in ritual, such as the stately bow of greeting when acquaintances meet.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80112
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176546
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
In Tokyo's busy streets, Buckley is a familiar figure. Above, he converses in fluent Japanese with a sidewalk "bookie" who is taking bets on a bicycle race.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80113
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176547
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Buckley and his wife, Ruth, enjoy a quick snack of smoked eel in a small restaurant. When dining out, the Buckleys usually "do as the Japanese do", sit crosslegged, forsaking knife and fork for chopsticks.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80114
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176548
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Ruth Buckley, who has accompanied her Canadian husband on his YMCA postings to such exotic far Eastern places as Chungking, Shanghai and Tokyo, converses in faultless Japanese with a fruit vendor in one of the capital's colourful open-air marketplaces. The Buckleys have found the Japanese people warm and friendly to westerners and receptive to western ideas.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80115
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176549
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #106: From Saint John, N.B., to Tokyo: Canadian Goodwill Ambassador
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
May 21, 1957
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Japanese fashion, Buckley keeps a netted pen filled with songbirds in his backyard. Looking on are his two adopted sons, Bruce and Doug. The Buckleys have also adopted two Japanese daughters, Jean and Judy.
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