Short travel films Silent Souvenirs of Singapore Directed by Herford Tynes Cowling (H. T. Cowling) Produced by Paramount-Holmes Travel Pictures Year of release: 1920 Film Locations: Singapore harbour and town, Tapioca plantations, Chinatown(?), Little India(?) In the Garden of the East Produced by Burton Holmes Distributed by National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures Year of release: 1922   AMERICAN TRAVELER, PHOTOGRAPHER AND FILMMAKER ELIAS BURTON HOLMES was a pioneer of the ‘travel lecture’ – an educational-entertainment lecture program to a paid audience […]

Categories: Documentary Short, Silent Film, U.S.A. • Tags: 1920, 1922, Burton Holmes, H. T. Cowling, In the Garden of the East, Paramount, silent film, Singapore, Singapore Harbour, Souvenirs of Singapore, Tapioca plantations, Travel lecture, Travelogue