Cave Folk of Today

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
588
Date Released
8 Sep 1932
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1D-d-drill
  2. 2The Spinner
  3. 3Cave Folk of Today
  4. 4Cowes!

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
NoS Summary - the Lunghai Railway in China and the cave dwellings of some local people.
British Pathe synopsis: "Nowhere in the wide, wide world is there such close contact between the old and new, as in China - The rocky hill road" High angle shot of donkeys carrying large packs on their backs making their way up a hillside. "- and the new metal one -" Shot of a railway track from the back of a moving train. The train passes through a tunnel. "We are on the Lunghai Railway - one of the North West Chinese trunk lines" Various shots from a travelling train of railway line and surrounding scenery. Caves are seen - dwellings of "the most primitive peoples" Panning shot of the hillside, caves and houses. Incomplete.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Railways
Locations
China
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.245
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP245
National Film Archive Catalogue
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