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a CHINESE LABOUR CONTINGENT [Main]
un CONTINGENTE DE TRABAJADORES CHINOS (on copy held) [alternative]
The film, under-exposed, shows Chinese Labour Corps members working at a docks, carrying away sacks which come down on a sling from a dockside crane. They have difficulty with the sacks, but one large Chinese, after several failures, demonstrates to the camera that he can carry three sacks at once. They leave the docks marching in column. Other members of the Corps work in a stoneyard, shovelling …
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army, Chinese Labour Corps
- operations, British military - routine
- supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc
- society, Chinese military - ethnic
- society, Chinese military - sustenance
- society, Chinese military - friendship
- society, British military - friendship
- 01/3(4-15).7
- France
- …
- France
- World War I
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918--France
Type of item
- Film
- motion pictures (visual works)
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army, Chinese Labour Corps
- operations, British military - routine
- supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc
- society, Chinese military - ethnic
- society, Chinese military - sustenance
- society, Chinese military - friendship
- society, British military - friendship
- 01/3(4-15).7
- France
- …
- France
- World War I
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918--France
Type of item
- Film
- motion pictures (visual works)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1917
- 1917
Places
- France
- France
- United Kingdom
- People's Republic of China
- People's Republic of China
- France
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_410
- IWM_410
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1917
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:46:47.380Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z