Home Movie: 005546 (silent)

Description: Description: People working in the travel industry based in Palm Springs visit locations in Hong Kong with careful attention to its streetscapes, people, and material culture before returning to Palm Springs and producing either events or areas interpreting Chinese cultural elements including language, art, and architecture, apparently in collaboration with people from Hong Kong. The reel ends with an adults-only Palm Springs Christmas Party with a pink aluminum tree and everyone dressed to the nines. Note taped to can: "1. Hong Kong 2. white [sun] 3. Geo and Marion 4. Xmas party with Dr. Delos Reyes" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1960s, Cities, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Tourism, Holidays, Celebrations and ceremonies Tags: Pan American airways; Pan Am jet wing; jet age; jets; airplanes; Hong Kong; Hotel Miramar; Cantonese language; car parks; Hong Kong street scenes; neon signs; night club signs; sign Tom lee Piano Co.; Kowloon; 1960s cars; British Hong Kong; sign Kowloon Apartment; New Territories; A Girl Named Tamiko movie billboard; pan city streets; sign Bing Fook; restaurant interior; man using abacus; Hong Kong street scenes; street markets; vegetable market; driving POV; filmed from moving vehicle; public buses; driving on the left side of the road; sign Sheung Circus; circus tents; Kowloon Taxi; Coca-Cola sign; sign Kowloon City Roundabout; traffic circles; China border neighborhood; bicycles; bicyclists; sign Tiger Oil; Causeway Road; white woman talking with hotel concierge; Kai Tak Airport; stormy skies; sky photography; airport tarmacs; airplane marked Civil Air Transport; title The End; sign White Sun Guest Ranch; fancy hotels; swimming pools; Chinese lanterns; Chinese language signage; woman with 35mm camera; woman wearing Cheongsam dress; women hanging out together; homosocial activity; sign Sita World Travel; travel agents; travel agency interiors; travel brochures; palm trees; dragon sculpture breathes fire; Chinese architectural style invoked in Palm Springs; Erawan Garden Hotel; Thai culture invoked; pineapples growing on palms; suburban home; people waving to camera; people loading suitcases into trunk of car; arriving at airport at night; airport signs at night; illuminated sign Passenger Check-In; Christmas; luxurious home interiors; stone fireplaces; people dressed up; fancy clothes of the 1960s; fancy dress; semiformal dress; glittering jewelry; kissing; pink aluminum Christmas tree; pink foil; pink decorations; feasts; formal dining table; Siamese cats; Siamese cat with Christmas wrap; Christmas gifts unwrapped; sunlight on pink aluminum Christmas tree; CorraScope film; travel and exploration; camera zooms; blade signs; paper lanterns; cocktail parties; holiday dinners; raising a glass to the camera; tumblers; cocktails; squinting at camera lights; possible LGBTQ+ research interest Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Unidentified Home Movie Collection PC-0652, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1962 Release Date: Geographical Location: Hong Kong; USA; California; Palm Springs, California Genre/Form: home movie Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 8mm film Element: reversal, original Color: color Color Process: Kodachrome II Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle square Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 216

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