[Burton Holmes Travelogue] (silent)

Description: Content notice: Disrespectful and racist language appears in the titles.

Five-part travelogue filmed in the 1920s with intertitles identifying places and scenes. With sequences showing surfing and canoeing in Hawai'i; music and fan dance performance in Japan; architecture, cityscapes and gardens in Paris; a view of Amsterdam from canals and canal boats; and a trip to England with a boat ride on the river Cam in Cambridge and regional sights including Stonehenge and Stratford-on-Avon, followed by a driving trip through the north of England.

Can marked:
"Surf riding & canoeing in Hawaii; Glories in Paris"


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Subjects: 1920s, Leisure and recreation, Tourism, Cities, People of Asian and Pacific Islander origin or descent

Tags: surfing; canoes; paddling; canoeing; music; performances; percussion; drums; drummers; fan dance; tatami mat; obi; tabi socks; youth performing; possible children; shoes; footwear; Japan; traditional costumes; France; Champs d'Elysses; high angle photography; cities; streetscapes; Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; Avenue de Grand Armee; Montmartre; cathedrals; Eiffel Tower; Tuileries; gardens; formal gardens; castles; fountains; toy boats; children; 1920s clothing; pedestrians; sketching; drawing; man sketching; film and media art; dissolves; transitions; architecture; canals; boats; Amsterdam; postal carrier; postal mail; flower vendor; trolleys; streetcars; cargo bicycle; wicker baskets used for cargo; pushcarts; milk vendor; milkman; f erries; ship traffic; title Glimpses of English Town and Country; Stonehenge; Ilfracombe; River Cam; Stratford-on-Avon; Shakespeare; Anne Hathaway home; bridges; 1920s tourists; deer; stone fences; horse-drawn carriage; stone walls; Northern England; Scotland;

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Burton Holmes Travelogues

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1927

Release Date:

Geographical Location: USA; Hawai'i; Japan; France; Paris, France; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Stratford-upon-Avon, England; England; Cambridge, England; Netherlands; Oahu, Hawaii; Honolulu, Hawai'i

Genre/Form: newsreel, travelogue

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print

Color: color, b&w

Color Process: tinted

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type:

Edge Code: square triangle

Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 488