Home Movie: F. C. Doepke Collection: 010755 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Description:

Description: A rare glimpse of a westerner's trip to China, circa 1925, including Kowloon street scenes with dense pedestrian traffic, Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor populated with British naval ships, Chinese peasants performing labor for white colonizers dressed in furs, and more.

can note: "China"

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1920s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Boats and boating, Commerce, Tourism, Cities, Social classes, Colonialism

Tags: Chinese sailing boats; junk ships; Chinese people; ships; sails; boats; bays; harbors; men; women; mother with children; towers; water; mountains; ports; docks; carrying sticks; bundles; baskets; cars; horns; business districts; markets; stores; New Macao Hotel sign; rickshaws; rickshaw drivers; cameras; On-Yick Alfaiate sign; grand architecture; hats; street vendors; filmed from moving vehicle; military; Royal Navy ships in harbor; harbor views; Toyo Kisen Naisha sign; Canadian sign; labor; white man being carried in litter by two Chinese workers; temples; sculptures; older wealthy couple; tourists; pagodas; multiracial group of people in formal attire on steps; roofs; children; poverty; street scenes; Tudor architecture; trees; gardens; estates; benches; trolley cars; buses; traffic; crowds of people walking in streets; factories; smoke stacks; crowded Hong Kong streets; Hong Kong Central district; Victoria Harbor; Kowloon street scenes with dense pedestrian traffic; water buffalo drawing a cart; Chinese peasants performing labor for white colonizers in furs; dirt in gate; filmed from rickshaw; statues; street food vendors; people carrying things;

Film Sponsor:

Creator: F. C. Doepke

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: F. C. Doepke Collection PC-0253, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1925

Release Date:

Geographical Location: China; Hong Kong; Macao; Kowloon, Hong Kong

Genre/Form: home movie

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Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: positive, reversal

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code: square circle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 400

Complete Record: Description: A rare glimpse of a westerner's trip to China, circa 1925, including Kowloon street scenes with dense pedestrian traffic, Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor populated with British naval ships, Chinese peasants performing labor for white colonizers dressed in furs, and more. can note: "China" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1920s, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent, Boats and boating, Commerce, Tourism, Cities, Social classes, Colonialism Tags: Chinese sailing boats; junk ships; Chinese people; ships; sails; boats; bays; harbors; men; women; mother with children; towers; water; mountains; ports; docks; carrying sticks; bundles; baskets; cars; horns; business districts; markets; stores; New Macao Hotel sign; rickshaws; rickshaw drivers; cameras; On-Yick Alfaiate sign; grand architecture; hats; street vendors; filmed from moving vehicle; military; Royal Navy ships in harbor; harbor views; Toyo Kisen Naisha sign; Canadian sign; labor; white man being carried in litter by two Chinese workers; temples; sculptures; older wealthy couple; tourists; pagodas; multiracial group of people in formal attire on steps; roofs; children; poverty; street scenes; Tudor architecture; trees; gardens; estates; benches; trolley cars; buses; traffic; crowds of people walking in streets; factories; smoke stacks; crowded Hong Kong streets; Hong Kong Central district; Victoria Harbor; Kowloon street scenes with dense pedestrian traffic; water buffalo drawing a cart; Chinese peasants performing labor for white colonizers in furs; dirt in gate; filmed from rickshaw; statues; street food vendors; people carrying things; Film Sponsor: Creator: F. C. Doepke Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: F. C. Doepke Collection PC-0253, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa 1925 Release Date: Geographical Location: China; Hong Kong; Macao; Kowloon, Hong Kong Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: positive, reversal Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: square circle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 400