The Edison Shorts

The Edison Shorts

Production Company: Oriental Film Company
1898 | B&W | 12min | Beta Sp. | Silent with English Intertitles

This collection of shorts represents the earliest moving images of Hong Kong we can find. They were made by a Thomas Edison cameraman in 1898 and included street scenes of Shanghai and Macau.


Date Time Venue
20/12/2009 (Sun) 5:00pm Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

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