Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal. (1897)
• September 30th, 1897 • 0h 1min
Crime, Documentary
Overview
The title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy sidewalk, a police officer holds the left arm and a suited man holds the other of a Chinese wearing a loose white shirt and hat - marching the man up the slight incline past the camera.
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