Sampan Family

Duration: 600

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1949

Creator: International Film Foundation Released by McGraw-Hill Book Co.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Producer, Julien Bryan; director and photographer, William James; narrator, Basil Beyea; film editor, Joseph E. DushockPresents through the daily activities of the Ling family, who navigate the Min River in Fukien Province, the story of Chinese families who live and make a living aboard the sampans. Shows the daily fishing that earns the family's livelihood, life aboard a small boat, and the ways the family, from babies to the old people, work together as a team, A: Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate B: 800' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 600 International Film Foundation McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.

Complete Record: Producer, Julien Bryan; director and photographer, William James; narrator, Basil Beyea; film editor, Joseph E. Dushock Presents through the daily activities of the Ling family, who navigate the Min River in Fukien Province, the story of Chinese families who live and make a living aboard the sampans. Shows the daily fishing that earns the family's livelihood, life aboard a small boat, and the ways the family, from babies to the old people, work together as a teamNOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.