China (1930-1939)

Footage №67949, 2 parts B/W
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Reel №1

Flight of the German motor transport company Lufthansa over China.

Shanghai, quarters of the old and new city, modern transport and rickshaws.

Shanghai port, a large steamship at the pier.

Loaders carry boxes and yokes with cargo on their backs.

Driving along the street by car.

Map, borders of China.

Squares of Germany and China /comparative diagram/.

View from the plane of the Yangtze River and surrounding landscapes.

The plane lands on a snow-covered field, then takes off again.

Panorama of the city of Nanjing from above.

Mountains and mounds near Xi'an.

The city of Xi'an, views of the city, street traffic, pagodas, rickshaw carriages.

Shooting from a rickshaw carriage.

Street vendors and artisans with goods.

Carts and bullock carts on horses and donkeys.

View from above of the huge China pagoda.

Views of the terrain in the direction of Lanzhou, the loess plateau, Chinese settlements.

Yellow River Valley.

Camel caravans in the suburbs, a Chinese man riding a donkey behind.

Boats on the river.

A man walking towards the river carrying a large bamboo lattice on his shoulders

Keywords

China, city, attractions, transport, port, aviation, water transport, workers, mountains, river, crafts, trade, China, city, peasants, animals, river, water transport

Reel №2

China.

A man turns a grate with waterskins attached to it, which allow this improvised raft to stay afloat.

He throws the raft into the water and floats, steering with an oar.

Ancient water-scooping wheels for irrigating fields.

Chinese children in front of the camera.

The iron bridge across the Yellow River, built by the Germans.

The streets of Lanzhou.

Rickshaws line up, waiting for customers.

People walk near the pagoda, past the ancient city gates.

A view from above of the Buddhist lama monastery.

Sichuan Province and its capital Geg-wan.

Landscapes of the province, vast rice fields.

Yunnan Province.

The sacred mountain Yu-ni-shan.

Mountainous terrain, an altitude of two thousand meters above sea level.

Flocks of sheep grazing in the mountains.

The city of Yunnanhau, street traffic, Chinese on donkeys.

A Chinese child in a national costume.

Street trading.

Rickshaws working.

A herd of cows is led along the street.

Views of various pagodas.

An airplane flies above the ground.

Keywords

China, city, city transport, water transport, river, bridge, children, monastery, agriculture, nationalities, mountains, sea, pets, trade, aviation

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