| THE CHINESE WAY Elaborate funeral in Hong Kong sees people dressed up as animals and carried on cushions. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5316 |
| Catalog #: | 510885 | |
| Clip Number: | 510885-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1206 | |
| Timecode: | 01:47:02 - 01:47:39 | |
| Location: | Hong Kong | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Cultural Traditions LOCATIONS/ASIA: Hong Kong | |
| Description: | NOTE: This clip has visual problems, looks like possibly frame control at the film transfer stage. The Chinese Way. Funeral of richest merchant in Hong Kong, seems more merry than melancholy to our Western ideas. Hong Kong. M/S of many men carrying huge ornate cushions, M/S as people are carried along on cushions with poles on the end. People dressed up as birds and animals pass by as other people watch, we see various birds, horses and elephants. | |
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