[KS] Fwd: Korea in 1925 (German film with Korean narration)

[Charles K. Armstrong]

Dear Ed,

Thank you for sharing this. I believe this was made by the same  
Benedictine monk whom I interviewed in Waegwan more than 20 years ago,  
when he was quite ill and nearing the end of his life. He told me many  
fascinating stories of the Benedictines' work in Wonsan, where their  
monastery was located before the Korean War. best,

Charles
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Quoting "Edward J. Baker" <ejbaker at fas.harvard.edu>:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Some of you may have seen this fascinating hour-long film made by a   
> German Catholic priest/missionary (Father Norbert Weber (sp?), a   
> Benedictine monk or priest) in 1925, but, if you haven't, you   
> should. It also contains still photos Weber shot on an earlier trip   
> to Korea in 1911. It shows a lot of things that none of us, and   
> almost no living Korean, has ever seen. I think it should be shared   
> widely as our friend Peter Bartholomew has already done.
>
> It was put together as a KBS Special but somehow comes to us through  
>  Chinese hands.
>
> If you just click on   
> <http://static.youku.com/v1.0.0103/v/swf/qplayer.swf?VideoIDS=XMTUzNzE0NjQw&e>, it should open,  but if it doesn't try pasting it into your   
> browser.
>
> Yours,
>
> Ed Baker