It occurs to me that this is perhaps the very sort of thing my Dear Cousin Edna might have. She did a fair amount of traveling in the Far East before WWII and I have the pictures to prove it. However, this was with my family's stuff, not Edna's (the stuff my Mom saved after Edna passed away was mostly in one box) so it's still very confusing.
Anyway, I'll try to rip and show some of the video later when I have more time. These images are some of those pulled by the film-to-DVD conversion company and printed on the DVD box, and helpfully provided in a folder on the DVD.
First up, some reasons I think it's from the 1930s (or 1920s): Title Cards (or Intertitles, as I just learned they are also called).
From these Title Cards, I also learned that Punch and Judy originated in China:
And here is the first (and so far only) clue as to the date of this travelog:
Unfortunately, so far the only references I can find to a ship call the "General Sherman" in the far east are for an incident in Korea in 1866, well before these movies were made.
Well, in any case, here are a few more pics from the DVD:
Seriously, this is very intriguing, and if anyone can shed any light on it I'm all ears.
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If it's talking about the Bund in Shanghai and foreign concessions, it was almost certainly shot before WWII.
The other chronological book-end is that no-one is wearing the queue, so it's after the 1911 Revolution and the end of the Chinese Empire. Thus, somewhere in the 20's or 30's is definitely right. If I could see more, I could probably narrow it down more.
Not sure when I'll get time to do so but I'll try to upload some footage soon.
That is the dangdest thing!! I LOVE them.
More, please.
Heh! On a whim, I did some Googling. Didn't find much.
If you have £1100 to spare, Ken, you might be able to look up the "General Sherman" here. On the other hand, if you can locate a library with access to this collection, you might find something. Who or where? A good question. Know any maritime buffs?
I did find this place, but it seems to focus on the 19th Century. Maybe you can ask them.
It's a cursory search, but it's possible that the Lloyd's ship registry is not on line for free. God knows that there 240 odd years of records involved. Lloyd's has a Shipfinder service, but doesn't say how extensive the on line records are.
Still.....way cool stuff! More!
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