G. W. Locke films of Hawaii, Japan, and China
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1984.9.1
name: label: Creator
content: Locke, G. W. (Grinnell Willis), 1911-1978
place: label: Place
content: East Asia
label: Place
content: North America
label: Place
content: China
label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: Hawaii
label: Place
content: San Francisco (Calif.)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Cecile G. Locke in 1984.
creator: label: Creator
content: Locke, G. W. (Grinnell Willis), 1911-1978
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (54 minutes, black-and-white silent; 2200 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1929
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "G.W. Locke's Travel Footage of Hawaii, Japan, and China 1929."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1984.09
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Footage includes various scenes of San Francisco streets; Big Sur and Mt. Tamalpis; U.S. battleships in San Francisco harbor; embarkation to Hawaii and shipboard activities; and Pali overlook, Waikiki beach, and Diamond Head in Hawaii. Scenes in Japan include various street venues, temple complexes, and embarkation to China with shots of junks and sea vessels. Scenes in China include street activities with rickshaws and manual laborers pulling loaded carts, Locke and party being conveyed on palanquins by Chinese, and the agricultural countryside.

Legacy Keywords: Language and culture ; Tourism ; Street scenes ; Landscapes ; Ships ; Boats ; Temples

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