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HONG KONG AND MONGOLIA HIGHLIGHTS -- TRAVELOG

Basic Information

Inventory ID 416529
Production Type DOCUMENTARY ^DOCUMENTARY
Release Year 1943
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Donor Code 2853 - Packard Humanities Institute: Sabucat Collection
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Format & Technical

Format Size 35
Format Type NITRATE
Element Info PRINT
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Color Format B&W
Sound Format SI.^SD.^OPT^^^^
Item Holdings 1
Total Reels 1

Condition

Deterioration 0

Notes

Record number 114753^Travel footage from Hong Kong and Mongolia filmed during the 1940's 1) Silent footage of people on the busy streets of Hong Kong and scenes of a market place. 2) Interesting shot from two buildings of people passing by and a double decker bus. 3) Various buildings around the city. 4) Shots of local cars parked in front of the buildings. 5) A trolley car is shown passing by some buildings. 6) Sign in English says Hong Kong Furniture. 7) Laundry is hung from lines across apartment buildings 8) Another market place with close - ups of people's faces. 9) The footage switches to scenes from Inner Mongolia and has sound. 10) A Mongol horseman is shown riding after herds of horses, with some nice shots of the horses. 11) The villages where the nomads live in tents are shown, from one of the tents a Mongol man comes out. 12) A Mongol family climb on their wagon wearing sacred costumes and go to the Shrine of the Living Buddah. 13) A married woman is shown wearing a ornamental headdress that is covered with beads. 14) Close - up shot of a llama in his robe. 15) Dancers wearing skull masks dance. 16) A caravan of camels are shown carrying bags of wool while men ride on top of them. 17) The sound becomes inaudible. 18) An Englishman wearing a safari hat in Hong Kong is shown walking around and having lunch. 19) English soldiers get off of a ship in Hong Kong, while some soldiers tour the city, a rickshaw passes. 20) A seaplane takes off with English soldiers as oriental men watch from their boats. 21) This is followed by aerial footage taken from the plane as it flies over the river and villages. 22) There is also aerial footage of an old Buddhist Temple and old Mongolian buildings.

Inventory Items (1)

Reel # Barcode Can Size Reel Size Location Notes
1 NV0001047505 1000ft 750ft V013-R01-15 Numbered