Film still of Street Scene in Hong Kong (1898) (1)

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.

Date 1898
Director Edison, Thomas Alva
Production Company Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Genre Documentary
Colour B&W
Language Silent film
Media Type Film Still
Material Type Image
Place Hong Kong Island/Central and Western District/Sheung Wan/Bonham Strand West;Hong Kong Island/Central and Western District/Sheung Wan/Bonham Strand
Object Rickshaw
Collection Transcending Space and Time – Early Cinematic Experience of Hong Kong
Source Courtesy of Library of Congress
Repository Hong Kong Film Archive
Note to Copyright Copyright expires
Accession No. lcs-ecin-0001
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