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Record information – Brief Canadian Pacific Round The World Cruise, Part 4 : [home movie]
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1929/1930Item number (ISN):344236Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:ROSS, William GillisAccession:1982-0085Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1929/1930Production company:William Gillis Ross (Photography)Description:Home movie documenting the trans-Pacific voyage of William Gillis Ross, friends and family. Included are shots of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) including the travellers' first bath in twelve days taken at Mount Lavinia; Peradeniya Gardens; flora and local vegetation; riding elephants; vendors selling their wares; and leaving Ceylon at sunset.~Also included are shots taken en route to Sumatra (Indonesia); passing a Royal Navy Cruiser; crossing Neptune's Equator, and a hazing ceremony on board; in Sumatra, boarding a train en route to Padangpanjang; locals dancing and vendors selling their wares to tourists.~Shots taken in Singapore include a rubber plantation; a rickshaw ride through the Chinese district; entering the Moslem district at the private Mosque of Sultan of Johor; and leaving Singapore harbor at sunrise.Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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