VIDEO

Japan to Hong Kong Item Info

Title:
Japan to Hong Kong
Creator (Person):
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960
Date Created:
1929
Time Period:
1920s
Description:
Iowa State College landscape architecture professors Philip H. Elwood and Walter Popham took four students (Bethane Carpenter, John Hall, Max Bird, and Norman Morris) on a tour of Japan, China, the Philippine Islands, and Hawaii in 1929. This video covers highlights of the Korea, China, and Hong Kong portions of that trip. Includes footage of a train ride between Kamakura and Kyoto showing rice farms, the sacred island of Miyajima (Itsukushima), and Seoul, Korea. Also shows a willow pattern tea house, temples, and the harbor of the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River in Shanghai. Includes scenes of Hong Kong, the upper deck of the Canadian Pacific ship SS Empress of Russia, and views of Hong Kong from the docks at Kowloon. Annotation: Video made from original 16 mm film.
Subject (Topic):
Travel Rice Tearooms Temples, Chinese Harbors
Subject (Person):
Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960 Popham, Walter D., 1898-1979
Location:
Japan Japan--Miyajima-chō Korea Korea (South)--Seoul China--Shanghai China--Hong Kong
Language:
eng
Source:
Philip Homer Elwood papers
Call Number:
RS 26/5/11
Archival Series:
Films, 1927-1931
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9tz3j
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
00:11:26
Medium:
16mm (photographic film size)
Genre:
motion pictures (visual works) silent films black-and-white films (visual works)
Type:
Moving Image
Format:
video/mp4
Digital Collection Title:
Philip H. Elwood films
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9r20rw31
Identifier:
elwood20
Filename:
av09695_h264.mp4
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9gm0v

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Preferred Citation:
"Japan to Hong Kong", Philip H. Elwood Films, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9gm0v
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