Chinese entertain soldiers and nurses in an open air theatre in France
Chinese entertain soldiers and nurses in an open air theatre in France
Chinese entertainment for the troops, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a group of Chinese men in costumes walking on stilts. They are performing on an open-air stage with part of their audience on the hillside around the back and sides of the stage. An orchestra can be seen on lower ground in front of the stage. The racial attitudes of the time can be clearly seen as there is a…
Subject
- Chinese Labor Corps
- South African Native Labour Contingent
- Chinese
- Costumes (character dress)
- Entertainers
- Nurses
- Open-air theaters
- Soldiers
- Spectators (event observers)
- Stilts (supporting equipment)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Subject
- Chinese Labor Corps
- South African Native Labour Contingent
- Chinese
- Costumes (character dress)
- Entertainers
- Nurses
- Open-air theaters
- Soldiers
- Spectators (event observers)
- Stilts (supporting equipment)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1916 - 1918
- 1916/1918
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548888
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:52.691Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:55.803Z
Keywords (provided by the community)
- France
- People's Republic of China
- Royal Pioneer Corps
- China
- United States
- World War I
- Hong Kong