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

[Jim Thomas]

Would Dr. Rockstein or other listserve members know if a copy of the full 6 hours of Morris' film footage still exits? And where?
And if it has been digitized and made available online?
thank you,
jim thomas
 



Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:37:09 -0700
From: ed4linda at yahoo.com
To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
Subject: Re: [KS] Fwd: Korea in 1925 (German film with Korean narration)





Ed Baker's email and Charles Armstrong's response called to mind a colleague of yesteryear, the late Ross MacDonald from the University of Toronto, whom I met and saw at several AAS conventions and who always had time for me and other younger, erstwhile Korean scholars. Ross was, I believe, born or grew up in Wonsan of missionary parents. His wife, in 1981, found some film in a trunk among her late husband's possessions. I suggest that those interested in old Korean footage check out this website:

http://tinyurl.com/3w82cdd

Regards,

Ed Rockstein















Dr. Edward D. Rockstein 


ed4linda at yahoo.com   




--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Charles K. Armstrong <cra10 at columbia.edu> wrote:


From: Charles K. Armstrong <cra10 at columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: [KS] Fwd: Korea in 1925 (German film with Korean narration)
To: koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 9:19 PM


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
--Charles K. Armstrong
Professor of History
Director, Center for Korean Research
Columbia University
930 International Affairs Building
420 West 118th Street
New York, NY 10027

Tel: 212-854-1721
Fax: 212-749-1497


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



 		 	   		  
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