May 01, 1937
8 min
Full-HD

Hong Kong: 'The Hub of the Orient' (1937)

This Traveltalk series short takes a look at Hong Kong.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

James A. FitzPatrick

Narrator (voice)

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