A Trip Through China (1917)

Directed by

Benjamin Brodsky

Genre

documentary film

Runtime

2 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This silent black-and-white documentary from 1917 shows scenes from several Chinese cities and British Hong Kong during the early Republic era. It was filmed by Benjamin Brodsky's company China Cinema Company and later selected as one of Hong Kong's hundred must-see films.

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What happens

《經巡中國》（英語：A Trip Through China），又名《經過中國》，是一部於1917年首映的無聲黑白紀錄片，紀錄了民國初期的中國內地一些城市及英治香港的景象，由俄裔猶太人班傑明·布拉斯基（Benjamin Brodsky）於香港創立「中國製造有限公司」拍攝。2011年，本片被香港康樂及文化事務署香港電影資料館推選為「百部不可不看的香港電影」之一。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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