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Arrest in Chinatown, San Francisco, Cal.

Sep 30, 1897

0h 1m

★ 3.1

Overview

The title tells us where we are; the vignette is in two parts, spliced together. On a busy sidewalk, a police officer holds the left arm and a suited man holds the other of a Chinese wearing a loose white shirt and hat - marching the man up the slight incline past the camera.

Genres

Crime

Documentary

Production Companies

Edison Studios

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