Pagodas of Peiping
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1993.1.113
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; 303 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933
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 documenting Peipinig with scenes of historical artifacts as well as city life. The film includes much of the past emperors' possessions such as stone and bronze animal statues, marble ships, marble palace and an artificial lake built. The film then captures life in modern day Peiping and shows the streets with rickshaws, trolleys, and bicycles. There are some market and shop scenes, and a few shots of camel caravans coming from Mongolia.  Narrator provides the history of Peiping.

Legacy Keywords: Palaces China ; Transportation China ; Trolley buses ; Camels as carriers ; Rickshaws China ; Bicycles ; Emperors ; Markets China