Around China with a Movie Camera DVD

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Description

Take a trip back to China in the first half of the 20^th century with this collection of extraordinary, rare and beautiful travelogues, newsreels and home movies.

Explore 50 years of Chinese history across a diverse range of footage from the BFI National Archive, including what may be the oldest surviving film to be shot in China – unseen for over 115 years.

See Shanghai’s bustling, cosmopolitan Nanjing Road in 1900, the Great World Amusement Park in 1929 and a day at the Shanghai races in 1937. Wander the Beijing streets in 1910, cruise Hangzhou's picturesque canals in 1925 and visit China's greatest cities and remotest villages.

Extras:

Modern China (1910, 8 mins): Extraordinary views of life and landscape in Beijing filmed during the last years of China's Qing dynasty.
Homework and Street Scenes in China (1907, 7 mins): intimate vignettes of artisans, vagrants and labourers on the streets of the late Qing-dynasty era China

Product Details

Director:	Various Directors
Region:	2
Number of Discs:	1
Run Time:	68 mins approx.
Studio:	BFI
Certificate:	U

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