the native life and industry of Fukien, while +there were also several' hundred feet of film, showing the beauties of the Min river in which scenic effects were strived for.
A. particularly interest{ng film showed the famous noodle factories of Fukien. Every stage of industry from the grinding of the grain by ive methods to the finished centering the mouths of some!
400,000,000, was shown. were numerous pictures! taken of sampan life along the Min ing into Foochow's hinterland, Other "shots" ranged from those taken of beggars to those of the gentry, and included the skilled artisans, farmers, millers, ete, One entire film was devoted to the laying of bamboo pipes, _through which the water flows, under heavy Pressure, from the mountains to villages miles away. This improve-said, has done more than any other thing to cent health of the district, sence of the clear, fresh, mountain water precludes the necessity of the people dipping their household water from the filthy canals and creeks.
The Sugar Industry Considerable footage of film is! given to the sugar cane industry und shows the crude implements used in cutting and crushing the cane. Along tiis same line is shown one of the "pre-historic" grist mills run by water power, where the farmers of the district take their grain. Though the vintage of the! machinery es primitive, the ingenuonsness of its construction striking.
Mr. G. T. Krainukoy, connected with the BLA.T. motion picture department, was lent to the expedition, to do all of the photographie work The sub-titles for the picture are! being written by Miss Margaret C. Powell of the B. will take about two months! before all of the films are completed and they will then be released by the B.A.T. for consunrption in China, Within the same length of time! the pictures will be shown before the China Society of Science and Arts in connexion with a series of lectures which Mr, Smith is preparing on his observations in Fukien. The pictorial matter gathered will also be sent to America for! publication.
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