Single-shot documentaries or “actualities” of around 1 minute Silent Directed by Joseph Rosenthal Produced by Warwick Trading Company Year of release: 1900 Film Locations: Singapore Harbour Collyer Quay, Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Building Tanjong Pagar Wharves, Keppel Harbour (speculated)   PROBABLY THE EARLIEST RECORDS OF COLONIAL SINGAPORE on cinematographic film, this set of three single-shot documentaries or “actualities” were produced by a British film company (Warwick Trading Company, founded in 1898) and filmed by one of the company’s leading cinematographers […]

Categories: Documentary Short, Silent Film, U.K. • Tags: 1900, Actualities, Bioscope, Collyer Quay, Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Building, Joseph Rosenthal, Kampong Telok Saga, Keppel Harbour, Pulau Brani, Singapore, Singapore Harbour, Tanjong Pagar Wharves, warwick trading company