Film Clips The Edison Shorts (1898); Courtesy of Library of Congress Charles Gilbert Collection: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing (1928); Courtesy of Northeast Historic Film Hong Kong: Gateway to China (1938); Courtesy of Library of Congress Hong Kong Sceneries (1930s); Courtesy of Ms. Dolores Wang Pre-war Images of Hong Kong (1930s); Courtesy of Ms. Dolores Wang
Film Clips A Trip Through China (1917); Courtesy of Chinese Taipei Film Archive A Page of History (1941); Courtesy of Descendants of Mr. Lai Man-wai The Pearl Necklace (1926); Courtesy of China Film Archive A Poet from the Sea (1927); Courtesy of Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna Way Down West (1927); Unknown Incident in the Pacific (1938); Courtesy of Shaw Movie City Hong Kong Limited
Film Clips Golden Gate Girls (2013); Courtesy of Ms. S. Louisa Wei Murder Case in Chinatown (1961); Courtesy of Mr. Perry Ho Incident in the Pacific (1938); Courtesy of Shaw Movie City Hong Kong Limited Spirit of Overseas Chinese (1946); Courtesy of China Film Archive
Lai Shek, the son of Lai Man-wai, stated the contribution of his father and Lai's family to Hong Kong and China film industries. Images of Lai's family and film stills, such as Chuang Tzu Tests His Wife (1914), A Page of History (1941), Rouge (1925), Mother's Song (1937) and The Tender Age (1957) are included.
Michael Rogge, a Dutch Cinematographer, made numerous documentaries of Hong Kong during his stay in the 1940s-1950s. Film clips of Introducing Hong Kong (1951-54), Rain (1952), Sunrise (1952) and Turn of the Tide (1953) as well as Michael Rogge's photos are included.
Lau Yam, a film researcher, introduced Hou Yao and Hou Yao's films. Images of The World Against Her (1924), The Pearl Necklace (1926), A Poet from the Sea (1927), Way Down West (1927), The Desert Flower (1937), Incident in the Pacific (1938), The Wrong Couple (1938), Fortress of Flesh and Blood (1938) and Shaking Heaven and Earth (1938) are included.
S. Louisa Wei is a film scholar, director and producer, works include Golden Gate Girls (2013). Images of The Blue Jade (1947), Mad Fire Mad Love (1949), Murder Case in Chinatown (1961), Heartaches (1935-36), National Heroine (1937) and Back Street (1948) as well as the photos of Esther Eng are included.
Shot by the Edison Company in 1898, The Edison Shorts contains six shorts that are indicated as the earliest moving images of Hong Kong. One of these is Street Scene in Hong Kong. The Paper Print Film Collection is stored at the Library of Congress in the US.
Charles Gilbert Collection: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing was shot by American Charles Gilbert in 1928 when he and his wife were on a world cruise, which he edited together with purchased film of China, probably bought on shipboard.
Hong Kong Sceneries was taken in the 1930s, the copy was hidden at the bottom of a well by father of our donor Dolores Wang, so that it could escape from the fate of being burned by the Japanese military.
