Sampans and Shadows
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1993.1.125
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hubbard, Bernard R. (Bernard Rosecrans), 1888-1962
label: Collection Creator
content: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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content: Father Bernard Hubbard collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 354 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film is a theatrical travelogue produced for the "Magic Carpet of Movietone." Film shows China south of Shanghai, focusing on the ports, harbors and sea. The film includes market scenes with vendors, painters, and fortune tellers. The film shows life aboard merchant ships on the sea and how they sell and distribute their goods. The film also includes families eating and working together to keep the boat functiioning. 

Legacy Keywords: Ports ; Harbors ; Markets ; Boats China ; Economics ; Family ; Work and family