- Title: HD-395
- Summary: WITH THE ASIATIC FLEET: A VISIT TO CHINESE HARBORS AND CITIES IN THE EARLY 1930S BY THE AMERICAN NAVY.
- Description:01:00:01 - GRAY SCALE 01:00:59 - TITLE CARD: WITH THE ASIATIC FLEET, COPYRIGHT 1934 01:01:07 - TITLE CARD: TO MANY PORTS GO MEN AND SHIPS OF THE US NAVY - BUT THERE IS NOTHING MORE FASCINATING THAN A CRUISE TO THE EVER ROMANTIC ORIENT 01:01:16 - HUGE US NAVAL BATTLESHIP, CHINESE JUNK PASSES IN FRONT 01:01:24 - VIEW ON DECK, SAILORS ON COTS 01:01:27 - MS OF SAILOR PLAYING BUGLE, REVEILLE, WAKE UP CALL 01:01:32 - CU OF BUGLE 01:01:33 - SLEEPING SAILORS ROLL AROUND ON COTS 01:01:35 - SAILOR WAKES UP SLEEPING SAILORS 01:01:40 - ASIAN SAIL BOAT WITH DARK SAILS, JUNK, HONG KONG 01:01:46 - CU OF ASIAN BOAT 01:01:51 - SLEEPY SAILOR RUBS EYES LIGHTS CIGARETTE 01:01:54 - MS OF SAILORS ON SHIP'S DECK IN HONG KONG HARBOR, FOOLING AROUND, SMOKING 01:01:58 - CU OF JUNK WITH PAINTED EYES 01:02:04 - MOVING SAIL, JUNK IN DISTANCE 01:02:07 - RIBBED DARK SAILS ON CHINESE JUNK AS IT SAILS PASS 01:02:11 - VIEW OF BOATS IN HONG KONG HARBOR 01:02:15 - TITLE CARD: CANTON, THE CROWDED CAPITAL OF SOUTH CHINA, FAMOUS FOR ITS FLOATING CITIES OF SAMPANS AND JUNKS 01:02:26 - SMALL BOATS COVERED WITH RIBBED CANOPIES, MOORED CLOSE TOGETHER, CROWDED HARBOR, SAMPAN CITY, HOUSE BOATS 01:02:34 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF CHINESE GIRL, CARRIES VESSEL ON SAMPAN 01:02:36 - AMERICAN NAVAL SHIP, GUNBOAT IN HARBOR 01:02:41 - LOW ANGLE SHOT OF CHINESE USES POLE ON BOAT 01:02:46 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF CHILDREN AND CHICKENS ON SAMPAN BOATS 01:02:49 - MS OF CHINESE CHILDREN WITH CAT AND TOY RABBIT, PLAYING 01:02:53 - COOKING AND FEEDING ON SAMPAN BOAT 01:03:03 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF CHINESE MEN ON SAMPAN BOAT 01:03:07 - CHINESE MEN FILL SACKS OF RICE WITH SUSPENDED FUNNEL ON BOAT 01:03:11 - LOW ANGLE SHOT OF CHINESE MEN WALKING QUICKLY WITH SACKS OF RICE, HONG KONG HARBOR IN DISTANCE 01:03:15 - STREET VENDOR RUSHES BY COMPLETELY COVERED WITH TRINKETS, PASSES SAILOR 01:03:20 - MS OF SAILOR AND CHINESE KIDS LOOKING AT ITEMS FOR SALE 01:03:24 - CHINESE MEN CARRY DECORATED BOX WITH BRIDE INSIDE ON LONG POLES, CARRY BRIDE TO GROOM ON WEDDING DAY, FRINGE ON TOP, CHINAMEN HOP AS THE WALK, LOOKS LIKE STEREOTYPE, STREET SCENE 1930S, CHINA 01:03:38 - STAGE AND PERFORMANCE IN CHINA, NOISY, FIGHTING, DANCING, GONGS, PAINTED SCENERY 01:04:01 - AUDIENCE WATCHES SHOW 01:04:05 - CU OF CHINESE INSTRUMENT HELD BY MAN, PAN UP TO ANOTHER MAN BALANCED ON HIS HEAD, HEAD TO HEAD, SINGING 01:04:30 - MS OF BALANCING AND MUSICAL STREET ACT, ACROBATICS 01:04:38 - HIGH ANGLE VIEW DOWN AT CHINESE HARBOR FROM MOUNTAINSIDE, CHINESE MEN CARRY LITTER OR SEDAN CHAIR WITH AMERICAN SAILOR 01:04:42 - TITLE CARD: SHANGHAI, THE EVER BRILLIANT AND GAY FIRST CITY IN ALL CHINA. A COMBINATION OF PARIS, LONDON AND NEW YORK ON THE SHORES OF THE MUDDY WHANGPOO RIVER 01:04:53 - AMERICAN NAVAL SHIP IN SHANGHAI HARBOR 01:04:58 - CU OF CHINESE MAN ROWING 01:05:01 - VIEWS OF WHANGPOO RIVER FILLED WITH CHINESE BOATS OF ALL SIZES 01:05:11 - SMALL SAMPANS WITH SAILORS BEING TAXIED TO SHANGHAI, SAILORS IN DARK UNIFORMS JUMP ASHORE 01:05:34 - GROUP OF US SAILORS ON PIER 01:05:38 - VIEWS OF SHANGHAI WITH LARGE STONE BUILDINGS WESTERN ARCHITECTURE, EUROPEAN BENCHES ALONG WATERFRONT, DOMED BUILDINGS 01:05:58 - LARGE GROUP OF AMERICAN SAILORS RUSH ALONG THE STREETS OF SHANGHAI 01:06:08 - SLEEPING RICKSHAW DRIVER 01:06:13 - SAILORS GET IN RICHSHAWS, NARRATOR USES RACIST TERM, COOLIE 01:06:16 - SMILING RICKSHAW DRIVER 01:06:18 - RICHSHAWS FULL OF AMERICAN SAILORS 01:06:27 - POV FROM RICHSHAW, BACK OF RUNNER. THROUGH STREETS OF SHANGHAI 01:06:31 - LOW ANGLE SHOT OF ONCOMING RICKSHAW DRIVERS, PULLING PASSENGERS 01:06:35 - POV PASSENGER OF RICKSHAW 01:06:41 - WEALTHY CHINESE MOTHER AND CHILD IN RICKSHAW 01:06:43 - CU OF MOVING RICKSHAW WHEEL 01:06:45 - WESTERN WOMAN IN RICKSHAW, WEARING ALL WHITE 01:06:49 - NARRATOR MENTIONS 6 TRAFFIC COPS FROM PUNJAB IN INDIA 01:06:53 - STOPPED RICKSAWS 01:06:57 - MS OF INDIAN PUNJABI TRAFFIC COP IN BUSY SHANGHAI INTERSECTION, WEARING TURBAN 01:07:00 - MS OF PEDESTRIANS IN WESTERN DRESS, BUSY SHANGHAI, 1930S 01:07:06 - CHINESE MEN DRESSED IN RAGS PULL LARGE CART WITH BIG BOXES 01:07:11 - CHINESE TEEN FANS HIMSELF 01:07:14 - CHINESE MEN PULLING LARGE CART WITH ROPES, BACKBREAKING WORK 01:07:19 - VIEWS OF CHINESE BIRD MARKET, SMALL CAGES WITH SONG BIRDS 01:07:31 - OLD CHINESE MAN WITH LONG WHITE BEARD AND ROUND GLASSES, FU MANCHU MUSTACHE 01:07:35 - SMALL CHINESE BOY WITH SHAVED HEAD AND SMALL MOHAWK, 01:07:39 - US SAILORS STAND AROUND YOUNG CHINESE JUGGLER, STREET ACT, SMALL BOY JUGGLING KNIVES 01:07:53 - SAILOR BEND OVER AND LOOK AT CHINESE SIDEWALK PEEP SHOW 01:08:02 - RICHSHAWS MOVE ALONG BUSY STREET HUNG WITH MANY BANNERS, CHINESE CHARACTERS 01:08:06 - RICKSHAWS WITH AMERICAN SAILORS RUN ALONG CHINESE STREET 01:08:11 - MANY PRETTY CHINESE GIRLS SIT ON SIDES OF BARROW TYPE VEHICLE 01:08:15 - CHINESE GIRLS WEARING WESTERN SHOES AND FUR MUFFS 01:08:24 - WILLOW PATTERNED TEA HOUSE WITH CROOKED WALKS 01:08:29 - CLOSE UP OF CROWDED CROOKED WALK, LEGEND ABOUT ONLY HONEST MEN CAN WALK IT, 01:08:35 - VIEW FROM TEA HOUSE OF CROOKED WALK 01:08:39 - SAILOR AND CHINAMAN EAT WITH CHOPSTICKS ON BALCONY OF TEA HOUSE 01:08:45 - MS OF VERY PRETTY CHINESE GIRL 01:08:48 - CROOKED WALK OVER CANAL, CHINESE BUILDINGS 01:08:52 - TITLE CARD: RACE DAY, OUT BUBBLING WELL ROAD TO THE RACE TRACK. A POPULAR RENDEZVOUS WHERE, IN TRYING TO PICK WINNERS, EAST AND WEST REALLY MEET 01:09:02 - FLAG WITH HORSE AND JOCKEY IMAGE WAVES IN WIND 01:09:06 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF CROWDS AT RACETRACK 01:09:10 - MEN ON PLATFORM CHANGE NAMES OF HORSES, IN WESTERN LETTERS 01:09:15 - HORSE RACE, AMERICAN SAILORS WATCH AT RAIL 01:09:17 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF CROWDS AT TRACK 01:09:19 - HORSES RACE PAST CAMERA 01:09:22 - REAR VIEW OF CHEERING SAILORS 01:09:24 - OVERHEAD SHOT OF HORSE RACE 01:09:28 - PAN OF CHINESE SPECTATORS 01:09:31 - PAN OF RACE TRACK WITH HORSE 01:09:37 - CHINESE MEN HOLD PAPER BET SLIPS 01:09:39 - HORSES RACE PAST CAMERA 01:09:46 - VIEWS OF BUSY HARBORS IN CHINA, MOVING GOODS CHINESE STYLE 01:09:55 - AMERICAN SHIPS IN CHINESE HARBOR 01:10:00 - SMALL SAMPAN ROWED WITH ONE POLE PASSES BY 01:10:07 - THE END TITLE CARD 01:10:14 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1934
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: HD-395