Around China with a Movie Camera
UK Cinema Release Date:
Friday 22nd July 2016
Contains brief drug use. Suitable for 12 years and over
1 hour 9 minutes approx.
Released
Synopsis
A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across ChinaThe 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.