The Chinese Way (1925)

Item title reads - The Chinese Way. Funeral of richest merchant in Hong Kong, seems more merry than melancholy to our Western ideas. Hong Kong. M/S of many men carrying huge ornate cushions, M/S as people are carried along on cushions with poles on the end. People dressed up as birds and animals pass by as other people watch, we see various birds, horses and elephants. FILM ID:412.1 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), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.