Hemingway and Mencken with troops; Hong Kong scenes
Overview
- Description
- "Hong Kong - Fortress!" Paramount News presents first and exclusive pictures of the new Hong Kong, a city armed for defense. Paramount News fanfare over opening titles. CU, Arthur Menken (Paramount News staff cameraman) introducing footage. General view of Hong Kong harbor. CU, waterfront skyscrapers. Street scene in Hong Kong. Signs (Chinese) on side of buildings. Street scene. Pulling rickshaw thru streets. Soldiers thru streets. General view of Hong Kong shipyard. Name: Hong Kong Dock Co. People working. Ship under construction. Men working on deck of ship. Large ships, sampans. Chinese woman with baby on back rowing sampan. British mine layer. Gun in FG, small boats in harbor, two sailors operating guns in BG. CU, polishing gun. 3 sailors on deck watching. Torpedoes. CU deck of mine sweeper. Putting torpedo over side of boat. Group of British officers, with Arthur Menken and Ernest Hemingway. Close side view, Hemingway (in hat) and Menken (in beret). Troops mounting mules. Tank passing camera. Pan, native troops. Officer and Hemingway pointing. More guns. Soldiers and girls staring ammunition in underground dumps. CU Chinese girls carrying munitions. Loading gun, firing gun.
- Film Title
-
Hong Kong - Fortress!
- Duration
- 00:03:05
- Date
-
Event:
1941 April
- Locale
-
Hong Kong
- Credit
- Accessed at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of The Sherman Grinberg Film Library
- Contributor
-
Producer:
Paramount News
Camera Operator: Arthur Menken
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Genre/Form
- Newsreels.
- B&W / Color
- Black & White
- Image Quality
- Good
- Time Code
- 01:17:53:00 to 01:20:58:00
- Film Format
- Master
Master 2564 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2564 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2564 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Master 2564 Video: Betacam SP - NTSC - large
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This archival media can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations.
- Copyright
- Sherman Grinberg Film Library
- Conditions on Use
- Contact Sherman Grinberg Film Library at lance@shermangrinberg.com for permission to reproduce and use this footage.
- Copyright Holder
- Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Film Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum purchased this from Grinberg Film Libraries in 2002. The footage was obtained as research for the Museum's special exhibition in 2003 on Nazi bookburning, "Fighting the Fires of Hate."
- Note
- Issue: 65
- Film Source
- Sherman Grinberg Film Library
- File Number
- Legacy Database File: 3505
Source Archive Number: PMN C-664 [41-65] - Special Collection
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Steven Spielberg Film and Video Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 08:00:22
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