AMAZING HISTORIC FOOTAGE OF CHINA, 1930S

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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2015 · Film & Animation

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00:00 (TC: 01.00.00): ASIAN CHINESE CARRYING LARGE BASKETS OF GRAVEL  ON THEIR BACKS USING A LARGE STICK TO BALANCE EACH BASKET ON EACH SIDE - DIRT FARM - SHOVING DIRT IN LARGE WICKER BASKETS
00:15 (TC: 01.00.15): MS MAN PAYS EACH WORKER  A COIN FOR THE BASKET OF TOP SOIL THEY CARRY  - NEAR SLAVE LABOR - TOP SOIL HARVESTING
00:23 (TC: 01.00.23): WORKERS WITH BASKETS OF EARTH AT WEIGHT STATION - CARRIED MANUALLY ON THEIR BACKS PAID BY WEIGHT OF BASKET
00:28 (TC: 01.00.27): PRIMITIVE SCALE USING STONES TO COUNTER WEIGHT BASKETS OF EARTH
00:32 (TC: 01.00.32): CHINESE COOLIE LABORERS LINE UP NEAR TRAIN BOX CARS SOME WHERE TRADITIONAL COOLIE HATS
00:36 (TC: 01.00.36): MS  LINE OF CHINESE LABORERS IN COOLIE HATS BOARD BOATS CHINESE STYLE JUNKS IN BAY
01:06 (TC: 01.01.06): CHINESE ASIAN JUNK ON SEA
01:13 (TC: 01.01.13): MS ASIAN FISHING BOATS SAIL BOATS, JUNKS IN CROWDED HARBOR  VARIOUS SHOTS
01:43 (TC: 01.01.43): ASIAN DECK HANDS PULL CHAIN ANCHOR PULLEY MALE AND FEMALE SAYLORS - FAMILY ON BOARD JUNK MOVE SAIL FAMILY ON BOAT
02:29 (TC: 01.02.29): PAN FROM BOAT OF CROWDED HARBOR FEMALE CAPTAIN IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHES -
02:43 (TC: 01.02.43): WS CROWDED ASIAN ORIENTAL HARBOR AT DUSK
02:52 (TC: 01.02.52): CROWED PIER FULL OF CHINESE JUNKS - HARBOR SCENES  - BUSY HARBOR - CARRYING ASIAN CARGO OFF OF SHIPS, LABORERS CARRYING LARGE BOXES, LIFE ON BOARD BOATS IN HARBOR - TRADITIONAL CHINESE JUNKS IN CROWDED HARBOR - PAN OF BOATS AT SHORE AND SMALL ASIAN HOUSES ON FLAT BOATS TRADITIONAL HOUSES - ASIAN MAN PROPELLED PADDLE BOAT - MEN PADDLE WITH THEIR FEET
04:37 (TC: 01.04.37): MS DOWNTOWN CHINESE VILLAGE  CIRCA 1930 CROWDED - INTERIOR OF SHOPS, MEN SMOKING PIPES,
05:13 (TC: 01.05.13): INTERIOR OF CHINESE RESTAURANT - MAN SERVED SOUP, BOYS CARRY RICKSHAWS THROUGH STREETS , VENDORS, STREET VENDORS, CROWDED TOWN
05:45 (TC: 01.05.45): BUSTLING SCENE NEAR HARBOR - CHINESE MAN IN BLACK SUIT AND HAT PASSES IN RICKSHAW - CU OF MAN OPERATING RICKSHAW IN STREET
06:03 (TC: 01.06.03): SCENES OF STREET VENDORS AND CROWDED MARKET - MARKET SCENES, SHOPS, PEOPLE SHOPPING - JADE ITEMS FOR SALE
06:38 (TC: 01.06.38): CU UNSTEADY RICKSHAW MOVES DOWN NARROW ALLEY
06:51 (TC: 01.06.51): BUSTLING ASIAN CHINESE CITY - BANNERS, RICE LANTERNS, INTERIOR  - CHINESE CHECKERS GAMBLING TABLE
07:51 (TC: 01.07.51): MONTAGE OF OLD TEMPLES IN COUNTRYSIDE

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