Ghosts of Empire

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Title: Ghosts of Empire
Code: 3447_003
Date: 1931
Length: 00:09:14
Region Asia
Country China
City Beijing
Color: B/W
Sound: Sound
Subjects: Destinations/Travel, World Cultures/People
Video Master: Digibeta
Description: 1931 B/W SYNC Ghosts of Empire - Peking, China, Far East, - A tour of Peking (Beijing) China in the 1930s - Bactrian camels enter Peking, gates, rickshaws, elaborate shop facades, coolie cleans street, native bazaar, shops, child making cigarettes, woman smoking and sewing on street, boy eating peanuts, open air cafe, man with songbird as pet. Fortune tellers, outdoor barber, washing hair, one man puppet show, Punch and Judy, audience, cobbler making shoes, girl with pet cat, bound feet, porcelain seller, Tarter City, marching soldiers with rifles, Forbidden City, royal palace, East gate, Hall of Dragon Throne, Winter Palace, Imperial Museum of Treasures, watchtowers, nine-dragon porcelain screen, Buddhist pagoda, American marine parade ground with soldiers marching band.
License: Rights Managed