Around China with a Movie Camera

Movie"Take a trip back to China in the first half of the twentieth Century with this presentation of extraordinary rare and beautiful travelogues newsreels and home movies"
Audience Score
42
Around China with a Movie Camera
NR 1 hr 8 minDocumentary
A new film compiled from the BFI National Archives unparalleled holdings of early films of China features films from 190048 filmed across China The cinematic journey of Around China with a Movie Camera contains many films which may never have been seen in China or at the very least not for over 70 years These travelogues newsreels and home movies were made by a diverse group of British and French filmmakers some professionals but mainly enthusiastic amateurs including intrepid tourists colonialera expatriates and Christian missionaries

Movie Details

Original Language:English
Production Companies:BFI
Movie Tags:
silent filmchinacompilationshanghai, chinabeijing, chinagreat wall of chinaforbidden cityyangtze riverunknown originshunun province