Resolute Cruise 1932: HK & SH

This 1932 silent travelogue, Steamship "Resolute" presents their world cruise of 1932: Hong Kong / Shanghai, shot in black-and-white 16mm by the Resolute Line, unveils daily life in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Intertitles guide scenes of bustling streets—vendors hawk wares as boats crowd Victoria Harbour and the Huangpu River. Fishermen mend nets, farmers toil in fields, and a parade marches past, shadowed by soldiers amid signs of destruction, hinting at war’s scars. A pre-war window into China’s coastal pulse, it captures resilience and chaos from a luxury liner’s gaze.