One of the comments provided a link to a website (wherein fireworks simulations can be created. However, in the comments section, several users claimed that the video is fake. Using the keywords ‘Mount Fuji fireworks display’, we found the same video posted on YouTube in January 2018 with the same narrative. Prima facie, the video appears to be a simulation judging by the perfect synchronization of light and sound. ??Jagdish Sethi?? OctoFACT CHECK: VIDEO IS A DIGITAL CREATION Worth seeing …one of the World’s best fireworks display you will ever see… /TrUZUdqtxV The same video clip has been shared on Twitter, but with a twist- instead of Borivali in Mumbai, the location is marked as Mount Fuji in Japan.ġ min, 45 seconds of fireworks in Japan – at Mount Fuji The above post, shared over 300 times is by an individual user. Posted by Dipesh Nathoo on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Worth seeing …one of the World’s best fireworks display ? PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO This show is the first of its kind in the world (spherical pyrotechnics) The claim that it shows fireworks set off for Tokyo 2020 Olympics is false.1 min, 45 seconds of fireworks in Borivali West,Mumbai.
It’s a simulation created using computer software. Thus the viral video doesn’t show fireworks at all. This video was earlier fact-checked by American fact-checking website Snopes on August 18. The Olympic Games #Tokyo2020 will be held from 23 July until 8 August 2021. In March, t he official account of The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games tweeted, “The Olympic Games #Tokyo2020 will be held from 23 July until 8 August 2021.” Moreover, as per the official Olympics website, the Tokyo 2020 games will take place next year after they were rescheduled due to COVID19.
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Some of the features on the official website state, “create firework displays with your favourite music build your own firework effects, or choose from a huge effects library 3D worlds with realistic lighting and video export in 4K resolution with shadows and smoke simulation.” While FWsim is a paid software, a free trial is also available. The title of 2015 video reads, ‘FWsim Mount Fuji Synchronized Fireworks Show2’. The tune playing in the background is ‘William Tell Overture’ by Gioachino Rossini. #Japan decided to do the show under Mount Fuji ? #Covid19 #pandemic #Video /neIAJSjVAdįacebook page IGrow RSA posted a 3-minute version of the same video and wrote, “ The Olympics cannot be opened because of the epidemic, but these fireworks cannot be stored until 2021, so the Olympic fireworks are displayed at this time.” This video has been shared over 12,000 times and viewed over 4 lakh times.Īlt News performed a keyword search on YouTube and found that the viral video was uploaded by the channel hiramu55bocaboca in 2015 and has over 3 million views. The fireworks were prepared by #Tokyo ?? for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games that could not be held.
The video below posted by Twitter account was viewed over 3,000 times. “Japan decided to do the show under Mount Fuji,” reads the viral message. The claim suggests this is from the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games which could not be held due to the coronavirus pandemic. Several Facebook, Twitter and YouTube users have posted a video clip that shows exquisite fireworks.