Four cities of the Orient [Motion Picture Film]
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- Created Date
- ca. 1950s
- Description
Four cities of Oriental depicts historic sites, cultural tourist spots, and daily life of people in Bangkok and Thonbury of Thailand, Angkor of Cambodia, Aberdeen of Hong Kong, and Kyoto of Japan. It features Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram, (Marble Temple) and Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn) in Bangkok, Thailand, Bayon Temple in Ankor Thom and Angkor Wat in Cambodia, and Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. The film also shows everyday life on Thonbury Klong (canal), Thailand and crowded city street scene of Hong Kong, China. Sequences finishes with presenting Japanese Yuzen Dyeing technique and Toei Kyoto Studio Park in Kyoto, Japan.
Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand. (2014). Asian Historical Architecture. Retrieved from http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/thailand/bangkok/wat-arun.php
Color
Silent
RBR Shelf
- Creator
Herzfeld, Richard Phillip (1898-1980)
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- Richard Phillip Herzfeld Collection - Motion Picture Film
Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Collection
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Asia and Middle East
NEH Grant Project: Saving and Sharing the AGS Library’s Historic Film Collections II - Monochrome Acetate Negatives and Motion Picture Film
American Geographical Society Library Digital Photo Archive - Publisher
- Milwaukee Public Museum
- Subjects
- Historic sites
Architecture
Wats
Archaeological sites
Hindu temples
Buddhist temples
Bas-reliefs
Architectural sculpture
Rivers
Martial arts
Canals
Stilt houses
Sampans
City & town life
Street vendors
Harbors
Shrines
Wat Bēnčhamabō̜phittradusittawanārām (Bangkok, Thailand)
Marble Temple (Bangkok, Thailand)
Muay Thai
Thai kickboxing
Hong Kong (China)
Heian Jingū (Kyoto, Japan) - Location
- Asia
Southeast Asia
Thailand; Cambodia; China
Hong Kong Island (area); Kinki
Krung Thep (province); Siĕm Réab (province); Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity); Kyōto (urban prefecture)
Bangkok; Thonburi; Angkor (deserted settlement); Angkor Wat (ruins); Aberdeen; Kyoto
Chao Phraya (river); Hong Kong (island); Honshū (island); Japan (island group) - Type
- moving image
- Format
- Film reelFilm: 16mmSafety film
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
- Chicago citation style
- Herzfeld, Richard Phillip (1898-1980). Four cities of the Orient [Motion Picture Film]. ca. 1950s. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/30480. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Herzfeld, Richard Phillip (1898-1980), (ca. 1950s) Four cities of the Orient [Motion Picture Film]. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/30480
- MLA citation style
- Herzfeld, Richard Phillip (1898-1980). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agsphoto/id/30480>.