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
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Japan to Hong Kong", Philip H. Elwood Films, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9gm0v
Rights
- Rights:
- This item is protected by copyright and related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. No permission is required for noncommercial uses. For other uses, please obtain permission from Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.