Chinatown Goes Whoopee! (1940)

Titles read: “CHINATOWN GOES WHOOPEE!“ New York, United States of America. Various shots of night time celebrations taking place in New York’s Chinatown to mark the good harvests in China. Various Chinese entertainments are seen in side shows on the streets - a contortionist act, a traditional paddy field workers dance (done with small baskets balanced on the head), a sword dance, a strong man lying on a bed of nails while another hammers on a block of concrete on his stomach. Crowds of people applaud. Some watch from fire escapes on the nearby buildings. 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 (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Brit