VIDEO
Hong Kong to Formosa Item Info
- Title:
- Hong Kong to Formosa
- 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 4 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 Hong Kong and Formosa (Taiwan) portions of that trip. Includes footage of Hong Kong's Peak Hotel, Repulse Bay Hotel, a beach with thatched bath houses, and views of the city from Kowloon. It is then on to Canton (Guangzhou), China, where the tour group sees the approach to Island Park, a flowery pagoda, the Great Cemetery, the Sun Yat-sen Monument under construction, and ancient Chinese temples. Also in Canton they see a monument to the Republic of China with a replica of the Statue of Liberty, a memorial to 77 martyrs of the Chinese Republic, farmers cultivating rice fields and planting rice by hand, a village, and the foreign settlement across the canal from the city. Leaving Canton for Hong Kong, they see Chinese junks on the Pearl River and the Hong Kong harbor. En route to Formosa, the captain of the ship shows off his Chow puppies. It is then on to the southern coast of China near Amoy (Xiamen). Annotation: Video made from original 16 mm film.
- Subject (Topic):
- Travel Pagodas Cemeteries Temples, Chinese Memorials Rice--Planting Rice--Processing Harbors Junks Chow chow (Dog breed)
- Subject (Person):
- Elwood, P. H. (Philip Homer), 1884-1960 Popham, Walter D., 1898-1979
- Location:
- China--Hong Kong Taiwan
- 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:
- 00:10:40
- 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:
- elwood21
- Filename:
- av09665_h264.mp4
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bw71
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Hong Kong to Formosa", Philip H. Elwood Films, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bw71
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.