Seeing America's Greatest Chinatown: San Francisco (Part II) (1912)
1912 · Ephemeral film · 11 min
Synopsis
Captain Lewis, a licensed Chinatown guide, continues his 1912 tour of San Francisco's Chinatown: a Chinese newspaper, a gambling table, a restaurant, a lesson in Chinese vegetables, a poultry store and an apothecary. What survives of a longer film.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 11 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- Seeing_Americas_Greatest_Chinatown_San_Francisco_Part_II
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Uh What The Hell · Spuzz · 2012-08-20
PLENTY weird collection of goings on in Chinatown. Chinese men examine lettering! Gamblers play some strange games! (Those do look like bones on the table.. is that where the slang term for dice comes from?) A dinner party gets wild after what looks like a wild game of Rock Paper Scissors! A Chinese Lady looks up seductively from her fan (This will be the opening shot for "Amelie Moments In The Prelinger Archives II (If I ever do it), and an UNBELIEVABLE chinese Butcher segment. Poor geese! This all is a MUST SEE on this site! Oh, there is a part I?? YAY!