Chinese Funeral (1924)

Hong Kong. The Chinese way - the funeral of Richest Merchant in Hong Kong seems more merry than melancholy to our western ideas. M/S of an elaborately decorated coffin on a platform carried on the shoulders of a dozen or so traditionally dressed Chinese men, they are followed by a procession of mourners walking through the Hong Kong streets. M/S of more men carrying a traditionally dressed woman seated on a throne, she covers her face as they pass the camera, another woman on a similar throne follows. M/S of men wearing paper costumes resembling birds and creatures walking through the streets. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-19