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Holidays in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton, Java (c.1932)

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clip 1930s port city education content clip 3

Original classification rating: not rated. This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

This clip shows the busy port of a Chinese city in the 1930s. It includes scenes of locals living on houseboats and other boats moving through the water and passing under the city’s bridges.

Curator’s notes

This clip is likely to be either Shanghai or Canton. Minter’s camera vividly captures daily life on the harbour and the water crowded with boats.