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Around China with a Movie Camera

Explore China in the early 1900s with this programme of rare and beautiful travelogues, newsreels and home movies.

Documentary 2015 69 mins

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Overview

Take a trip back to China in the first half of the 20th century with this programme of extraordinary, rare and beautiful travelogues, newsreels and home movies, screened with a brand new live score by composer Ruth Chan.

These films, all from the BFI’s National Archive, were made by a wealth of British and French filmmakers – from professionals to intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries. Exploring 50 years of Chinese history across a diverse range of footage, the collection includes what might be the oldest surviving film to be shot in China, unseen for over 115 years.

Genres

Documentary and Travelogue

Certificate

Brief drug use

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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