Around China with a Movie Camera

UK | 68 minutes | 2015 | Documentary | Silent | English Subtitles | G
英国 | 68 分钟 | 2015 | 纪录片 | 默片 | 英文字幕 | G

Take a trip back to China in the first half of the 20th century with this programme of extraordinary, rare and beautiful travelogues, newsreels and home movies.

These films – all from the collection of the British Film Institute National Archive – were made by a wealth of British and French filmmakers, from professionals to intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries. Exploring 50 years of Chinese history across a diverse range of footage, the collection includes what might be the oldest surviving film to be shot in China – unseen for over 115 years.

See Shanghai’s bustling, cosmopolitan Nanjing Road in 1900, the Great World Amusement Park in 1929 and a day at the Shanghai races in 1937. Wander the streets around the Qianmen, Beijing, in 1910. Cruise Hangzhou’s picturesque canals in 1925. Visit China’s great cities including Hong Kong, Chongqing and Guangzhou and visit remote villages in Hunan and Yunnan provinces.

(Courtesy of the BFI)

这是一部珍稀奇妙的旅行记录、新闻片和家庭电影合集，带你重回20世纪上半叶的中国——漫游1900年的上海南京路、1929年的上海大世界游乐场、1937年的上海马赛、1910年的北京前门大街、1925年的杭州运河风景，以及香港、重庆、广州和湖南、云南的偏远山村。

影片中的所有资料均来自英国电影协会国家档案馆，是由一大批英法电影制片人，或专业或业余的旅行家，殖民时代的外籍人士以及基督教传教士们摄制而成。在这部纪录片的结尾，展现的是115年来未见天日、可能是现存最古老的、摄于中国的影像。

（介绍由英国电影协会提供）

• Programmed by 策划：Edward Anderson, BFI National Archive
• Editor 剪辑：Edward Anderson, Douglas Weir
• Music 音乐：Ruth Chan