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The Arrival of Li Hung Chang
Also known as [Li Hung Chang] : {The Arrival of Li Huang Chang}
(1896) United States of America
B&W : 50 feet
Directed by James H. White
Cast: Li Hung Chang [himself]
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Raff & Gammon. / Cinematography by William Heise. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot on 29 August 1896 in New York, New York. Musser control number 210.
Documentary: Actuality.
Synopsis: [The Phonoscope, November 1896, page 16] Shows Li Hung Chang entering his carriage at the door of the Waldorf Hotel, with a file of the Sixth U.S. Cavalry, with drawn sabres, standing near by. // [Catalogue, F.Z. Maguire & Company, (March 1898), page 30] Shows the great Celestial Viceroy leaving the Hotel Waldorf and entering a carriage, attended by native servants.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Chinese - Transportation: Carriages - USA: New York: New York
Listing updated: 29 March 2010.
References: Musser-Edison p. 234; Musser-Emerge pp. 120, 598.
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