CHINA STATION: visit to Peking 1937 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CHINA STATION: visit to Peking 1937 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 703
  • Other titles: CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Home movie of HMS Capetown on the China Station, featuring a visit to Peking, 1937.
  • Description: The film follows a trip by officers and men of HMS Capetown by train inland to Peking. In Peking there are shots of the Grand Hotel. There are several street scenes in Peking including sailors in rickshaws. There are shots of Chinese pagodas, temples, gargoyles and gardens with lakes, bridges, ducks and geese. The film ends with shots of a train leaving for Shanghai.
  • Alternative Title: CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MGH 703
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1937
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Keywords: China (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 320 ft; Running time: 13 mins
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