Around China with a Movie Camera

"Take a trip back to China in the first half of the twentieth Century with this presentation of extraordinary, rare and beautiful travelogues, newsreels and home movies."

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. The cinematic journey of Around China with a Movie Camera contains many films which may never have been seen in China, or at the very least not for over 70 years. These travelogues, newsreels and home movies were made by a diverse group of British and French filmmakers, some professionals, but mainly enthusiastic amateurs, including intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries.

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The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear

The Mystery of Van Gogh's Ear

2016

Amber & Dolly: 9 to 5

Amber & Dolly: 9 to 5

2019

Buckjumping

Buckjumping

2018

There Are Jews Here

2016

Tiger

2022

Notes for a Film

Notes for a Film

2022

The Real Manhunt: The Night Stalker

The Real Manhunt: The Night Stalker

2021

Where's Foster?

Where's Foster?

2021

Truth in Ten

Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP

Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP

2006

Crossing Borders

Crossing Borders

2018

Kees Vliegt Uit

Kees Vliegt Uit

2023

King Gnu Live at TOKYO DOME

King Gnu Live at TOKYO DOME

2023

On n'est pas sorti de la ferme-auberge !

On n'est pas sorti de la ferme-auberge !

2022

Man Like Klaus

Man Like Klaus

2020

Monkey Hunters

Monkey Hunters

2004

Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous

Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous

2023

Zen, in Search of Enlightenment

Zen, in Search of Enlightenment

1994

Der Minotaurus, das bin ich! Picasso und die Stiere

2023

Sparks: The Ken Sparks Story

Sparks: The Ken Sparks Story

2022