Guangzhou/Canton, China, 1940s - Film 1003125

This film is available to license from our website at Huntley Film Archives, by searching for film 1003125 in our Film # search bar: https://www.huntleyarchives.com/ The city of Canton, China, Asia, now Guangzhou in the 1940's 80 miles form Hong Kong, on the Pearl River. River barges. The docks, mainly unmechanized, house boats. Family cooking and eating. Town centre, rickshaws. The old city markets, street of the cloth makers. Foreign power machines, cotton. accountant at work with abacus. Silk industry. Silversmiths at work. Ivory shop and production. Porcelain painting, Buddha. Garden seats etc. Religious ceremonies. Schools. Canton university, electrical engineering. Agriculture, paddy fields. Canton camels. food market. Baskets. Violin maker. Rich household, kitchen, family at dinner. The Opera, dancing and music (very good). Public letter writer and fortune tellers. Busy general view of city in China. China just before communism. Guangzhou Huntley Film Archives is a film library holding tens of thousands of films. The large majority of the films are documentaries. Films cover a wide range of subjects and production dates range from the 1890’s to the 2020’s. As with all libraries we make no judgement on the content of our holdings and make them available for educational purposes for all to see. Films may have content or express opinions some may think inappropriate or offensive, but it is not the work of a library to censor educational resources. Films should be viewed with historical objectivity and within a context relevant to the times in which they were produced