Seeing America's Greatest Chinatown: San Francisco (Part I) (1912)
1912 · Ephemeral film · 13 min
Synopsis
Captain Lewis, a licensed Chinatown guide, shows San Francisco's Chinatown in 1912, with flags flying for Sun Yat-sen's new Republic of China: aerial views, street scenes, grocery stores, a church, a parade, the Sing Fat Company and Sing Fat himself, and a temple. What survives of a longer film.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 13 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0779_Seeing_Americas_Greatest_Chinatown_San_Francisco_Part_I_09_49_35_00
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Where's Jack? · Spuzz · 2013-10-28
Good overview of Chinatown here, much different than the bizarre "Comedy" reel Captain Lewis has elsewhere on here. The film shows the earlier incarnations of Chinatown. I wonder how much of it is still there. Nice watch.