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- This picture shows a squad of men forming part of this fine regiment of Sheiks, from East India, under command of their Subadar, or native commissioned officer. They may be seen working the 2-ton cannon in North Point Fort.
- "View in the Chinese quarter of the city, showing the strange business signs, reading up and down. Chair bearers with passengers pass by rapidly."
- A splendid infantry regiment, raised in India, composed of Punjabis, Paithans and Hindoostanis, 1,023 strong, commanded by Major J. M. A. Retallick, They march forward and wheel by companies during Adjutant's parade, under Lieut. Berger.
- Our artist seized the opportune moment to catch this picture when the distinguished guests were gathering to do honor to Prince Henri, of Prussia, at the official residence of the governor, the occasion being a garden party. The guests arrive at the pillared gates in chairs carried on the shoulders of Chinese men, who make their living at this occupation.
- At bayonet drill, keeping time with full regimental band. The uniform is the British scarlet coat and black trousers, bound tightly below the knee with their peculiar cloth leggings. The "puggri," or turban, is of dark blue and red.
- A panoramic street scene in the "China Town" of Hong Kong. Well arranged and interesting.
- A street scene, well laid out and interesting from start to finish.
- In any event a honeymoon ought to be a chapter in life long to be remembered, and we are sure that the sweet bride and the big groom of the Edison picture will never forget their honeymoon trip from Montreal. Canada, to Hong Kong, China; for many were the mishaps which befell them, mishaps which somehow or other seemed to furnish a lot of fun and amusement for everybody except "Dearie" and "Lovey." After a rousing send-off from their friends, who follow their gaily decorated cab to the depot, they reach their train and the trip begins, and with it a chain of accidents to the "Newlyweds," which will tickle the ribs of any audience. "Lovey" starts the ball rolling when he insists upon taking a snapshot of "Dearie" as she poses on the rear end of the train while it stops for a moment at a water-tank station. While he gazes at her fondly through the lens of his camera the train pulls out, and fond hearts are soon separated by miles of distance. Thanks to a hand-car and a good fat lip, however, "Lovey" gets a "lift" after he has counted a few weary miles of railroad ties, and his forlorn little bride soon weeps tears of joy on his manly shoulder. When they get into the train the fun begins in earnest with their first meal together, which, with the other passengers and the train attendants, we are permitted to see. This time "Lovey" is to blame again, and it's all due to his too great solicitude, well meant but disastrous. And so the fun continues until, with the amorous pair, we reach the Hot Sulphur Swimming Pool at the Banff Hotel, where "Lovey's" inability to swim results in his spoiling a suit of clothes, whereat "Dearie" actually seems to be just the least bit amused! From here we follow them, our interest divided between the ludicrous actions of the pair and the magnificent scenery along the way, until they board the great Pacific steamship, "The Empress of India." They are hardly on board before "Lovey's" curiosity overpowers him and he tries to find out, perhaps for the purpose of impressing "Dearie" with his knowledge, the purpose of the great air funnels on the deck of the ship. He finds out after he makes a "shoot-the-chute" drop into the coal bunkers in the hold of the ship, from which he is rudely hoisted, a mass of dirt, soot and coal dust, into the waiting arms of his terrified bride. We leave them on board, confident that if a poor beginning guarantees a good ending we may safely wave them a hearty bon voyage as the big ship fades in the distance.
- Documentary on the then-new Chinese Republic, taken over a ten-year period. Footage includes races at Shanghai, imperial ceremonies at the national Temple of Heaven, scenes of the destruction caused by the typhoon of 1914, and the installation of government officials at the Peking palaces.
- A Traveltalk look at Hong Kong in the 1930s.
- Set during the Orphan Island period of Shanghai, the film follows a group of revolutionary patriots-cum-assassins who finally earn the support of the suffering public.
- Much activity is happening in naval yards on the western shores of the Pacific as tensions rise across the ocean with Nazi Germany's support of the Japanese government and military. As such, westerners in Pacific outposts have headed home in case of war in the Pacific. These tensions make it difficult for Japanese-Canadians who have adopted their new homeland as their own. The Japanese learned modern technologies through global trade, and now may use that technology against their western trading partners. There is also much internal tension with Japan itself as it tries to reconcile its feudal history with its new modern self as a potential global power. But one things that may prevent a Pacific base war is the current Sino-Japanese War with which the Japanese must first contend. Regardless, the western powers, including Canada, are militarily prepared.
- This documentary depicts the American effort to support the Chinese government before and during the Second World War, by means of transport flights of materiel from India to China, by the fierce defense of China skies by the pilots of the American Volunteer Group (The Flying Tigers), and the subsequent absorption and augmentation of that unit by the U.S. Army Air Forces' Fourteenth Air Force. Also depicted are the millions of refugees fleeing the Japanese armies and the relocation of equipment, personnel, and (sometimes) civilians in advance of the invaders.
- As China falls into hyperinflation following the end of the war, people fought tooth and nail to get their hands on the only reliable currencies in the world. In this world, the only truth is that everyone is lying for his own gain.
- Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
- The theft of a jeweled treasure is within an adventurer's grasp when he is restrained by his love for a good woman. Now he must help her and the kid he was hired to rob escape as the Chinese Civil War nears Hong Kong.
- A woman struggles to bring up three children after the death of her husband. Her eldest son, on whom she has placed great hope, shames her with his dishonesty. Her daughter, the middle child, is vain. The youngest child, however, makes her proud. Eventually, the two of them are left alone when disaster befalls the other children.
- This was filmed in 1949 when Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas Jr. took a journey to Tibet before the Red Chinese had moved in. It shows Tibet as it was then and, for that matter, as it had been for centuries. The most important thing in Tibet was religion, and it shows the people firm in their faith, living a simple life under the absolute power of the Grand Lama. The long and difficult journey to Lhasa was made possible by the authorities who hoped to show the world the simple life in Tibet and to ask for aid against the Communists, who were even then threatening. In Lhasa, the Thomases visited the palace of the High Lama,where a rare-interview was granted. The way back to "civilization" was difficult, especially, since Thomas Sr., was seriously injured in an accident that made him a stretcher case during the return.
- A look at Hong Kong in the 1950s.
- A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist Revolution.
- After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.
- At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.
- An Italian documentary film about maritime Southeast Asia including Borneo.
- In a remote fishing village, a wealthy landowner calls on the Snake Devil to protect his priceless family treasures, but this isn't enough to stop the bandit Sanda Wong from attempting the raid when he learns about the treasure.
- Witness the oppression and bullying of the opera artists by the evil forces in the old times, praises the great love of the world and embodies the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.
- A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
- Macao organized crime under-boss Tony Dumont rips the Syndicate off and disappears with a load of diamonds but the Syndicate men and the Hong-Kong police are chasing him around the world.