Fuji Firepower Exercise Demonstration (1988 60FPS Sony ED Beta Japanese Military Combat Footage) 

This is footage from the 1988 Fuji Combined Firepower Exercise Demonstration, a tape produced by Toyo Video compiling the best moments from the event.
Since 1966, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) holds a special, annual demonstration which is openly available to the public. This Fuji Firepower Demonstration is held at the Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji and provides a great view into their advancements each year and provides an impactful display (literally!) of the JGSDF's general capabilities.
ED Beta was the final evolution of Sony's Betamax consumer video tape system. ED Beta could produce 500 or more lines of horizontal B&W (luma) resolution besting standard Betamax and VHS's 250 lines and especially JVC Victor's 400-line S-VHS system. Unfortunately, ED Beta was a very expensive system and required special metal tapes that were incompatible with existing Betamax set-ups. There was also plenty of consumer confusion between the many different sometimes-incompatible Betamax formats (BI, BII, BIII, Super Beta, Hi-Band Beta, & ED Beta). Finally, ED Beta did not increase Betamax's limited color (chroma) resolution of just 30 or so horizontal lines which kept the format from being a true improvement. As a result, just like S-VHS, ED Beta never gained significant market share.
Please enjoy this historical footage of the JGSDF!
Fun fact: Since Japan can't have a full military due to the Japanese constitution (which was written with the USA after WWII), the JGSDF provides one of the only strong lines of defense against a foreign attack on Japan.
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This was played back using a mechanically and electrically restored Sony EDV-9000 ED Beta player.
NOTE: The tape appears to lose sync whenever a scene changed. This caused my usual TBC to flip out a little each time. Please excuse the visual glitches that occur.
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