Around China with a Movie Camera (2016)
• July 18th, 2016 • 1h 8min
Documentary
Overview
A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. The cinematic journey of Around China with a Movie Camera contains many films which may never have been seen in China, or at the very least not for over 70 years. These travelogues, newsreels and home movies were made by a diverse group of British and French filmmakers, some professionals, but mainly enthusiastic amateurs, including intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Chairman for Life
Released on: 2021-03-01
Documentary
China’s President Xi Jinping is a force to be reckoned with. As leader of the Communist colossus, he...
Mass-market retailing: The end of a system?
Released on: 2021-09-30
Documentary, TV Movie
The supermarket chains used to seem unbeatable, capturing the lion’s share of the grocery market. Bu...
China Jam
Released on: 2014-04-01
Adventure, Documentary
In their infinite quest for virgin big walls, adventurers Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll, Nicolas Favres...
Crocodile in the Yangtze
Released on: 2012-04-12
Documentary
Crocodile in the Yangtze follows China's first Internet entrepreneur and former English teacher, Jac...
Undercover in Tibet
Released on: 2008-03-31
Documentary
Undercover in Tibet reveals the regime of terror which dominates daily life and makes freedom of exp...
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
Released on: 2006-05-01
Documentary
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often se...
Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China
Released on: 2008-01-22
Documentary
Schaub and Schindelm’s documentary follows two Swiss star architects, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de M...
Forbidden City: The Great Within
Released on: 1995-10-02
Documentary
Amidst the grand walls of the Forbidden City, the film takes us on a deep journey through the ceremo...
Women 50 Minutes
Released on: 2007-12-02
Documentary
A representation of queer and feminist imagery that was mainly shot in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, ...
Wie ein Ziegelstein entsteht
Released on: 1936-01-01
Documentary
Short film about the manufacture of bricks.
The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam
Released on: 1928-01-01
Documentary
A documentary on the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam. Made by Istituto Luce, there is an understanda...
The Everlasting Flame
Released on: 2009-09-07
Documentary
A documentary covering the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
D'où viennent les faux cheveux
Released on: 1909-10-01
Documentary
On a market day in Kernascleden, two Breton women exchange their hair for a few coins. The hair beco...
Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Operation
Released on: 1899-01-01
Documentary
Also known as The Operation of Dr. Alejandro Posadas. Filmed with early orthochromatic film in the H...
Série 7 (Éclatements de bulles de savon)
Released on: 1907-01-01
Documentary
Lucien Bull was a pioneer in chronophotography. Chronophotography is defined as "a set of photograph...
Felling of Hibson Road Brick Works Chimney in Nelson
Released on: 1906-01-01
Documentary
It is a dramatic film, with its colossal explosion and smouldering remains. Within seconds of the ch...
The Road to the Tokyo Olympics
Released on: 1963-02-08
Documentary
A documentary film that includes footage of past Olympics held in different countries with an partic...