Sinjanthropus Site at Chou Kou Tien, China
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1981.5.6
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content: National Human Studies Film Center collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (11 minutes, black-and-white silent; 400 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1935
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Footage recording various scenes in southern and northern China including excavations at Choukoutien. Locations include: along the Yangtze River in and near Chongqing (Chong Qing), Szechuwan Province; in and around Wuhan (Hankow); and in and around Choukoutien some 40 kilometers southwest of Beijing (Peking). Scenes include a seaplane landing on the Yangtze River at Chongqing with passengers embarking, brief views of peasants, Europeans being borne on litters by Chinese bearers, a hand-car on the rail line to Choukoutien, coal mines and lime kilms at Choukoutien, camels and donkeys, views over the "Dragon Bone" mountains, blast holes being drilled at the Sinjanthropus site, the cableway used to carry away archeological debris, and four archeologists working at the site (including Pei Wen Zhone and Teilhard).

Legacy keywords: Peasants Szechuwan Province ; Aircraft seaplane Yangtze River ; Archaeology excavations Choukoutien ; Temples China

Credits; Barbour, George B. geologist