GLIMPSES OF MODERN CHINA Reel 12 · Part 1

Description

OUTTAKES: On life in Peiping, Nanking, Shanghai and Hankow. R.1: Harbor, busy streets, temples, crowds. Audience Hall, Sasson House Cathay Hotel and government buildings. R.2: Bucolic scenes include mountains, lake, sailboats, and people crossing footbridge. Construction, hard labor in mountain area. Countryside air views. Night scenes, flashing neon signs, and lighted buildings. R.3: Chinese officials visit children's school. University campus; military parade and sports, including ice skating, archery and swimming. R.4: Shoppers in the Sun Ltd. Department Store; textile factory work; food processing plant. People in art museum. Procession at university. R.5: Building exterior; large dinner party inside. People meet outside and enter hall. Country scenes and family estate. R.6: Yankee Clipper under sail. Seaplane taxis. Air views of city. Crowd at parade or sports event. R.7: Sword demonstration. Garden; country scenes. Family estate; harbor and country scenes. Premier Chiang Kai-Seek emerges from building with others. Scenes mountain construction and temples. R.8: Chinese flag waves in breeze; maps and caricatures. Madame Chiang Kai-shek and group board a ship. R.9,10: Similar scenes in different Sequence in each reel include commercial buildings, temples, department store, harbor, bridges and night scenes in busy city (probably Shanghai). R.11: Dignitaries meet outside building and enter it; banquet inside. Children at recess. Interior factory scenes; art museum and sports events. R.12: Country scenes. Chinese man skiing. Springtime exteriors. Evening on lake, setting sun reflecting on water.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups