The Chinese Peasant Goes to Market
The Chinese Peasant Goes to Market
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- Name
- Gutmann, John (Producer)
- Abbenseth, William, 1898-1972 (Editor of moving image work)
- Gateway Productions (Production company)
- Weng, Wango H. C. (Former owner)
- Title
- The Chinese Peasant Goes to Market
- Abstract
- The peasant farmer of Yunnan Province. Entire families toil in the rice fields, from the preparation of paddies to the threshing of grain. Their respite is the weekly market, which is also a social event. Shows the peasants' courage, dignity and humor.
- Collection Name
- Wan-go H.C. Weng film collection
- Archival Context
- Series 6: Selected Other Films, Collected by Weng Wango, circa 1944-1967. Box no. 11 Container WW0158
- Subjects
- Peasants; Farm life; China
- Format
- video recordings
- Genre
- Documentary films
- Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 1 video file (8 minutes) : sound, b/w
- Note
- Original format: film, 16mm
- Gateway Productions, Inc. ; produced and photographed by John Gutmann ; written and edited by William Abbenseth
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University
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- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-bx94-4h15