Rickshaw Whoopee! (1940)

Titles read: “RICKSHAW WHOOPEE!“ San Francisco, California, United States of America. Various shots of a rickshaw race through the streets of San Francisco. The race starts in the ’Chinese Village’ area of the city and all the rickshaws are pulled by native Chinese people. When the race reaches the steps of a bridge or monument, the passengers get out and help push the rickshaws up, then get back in to come down the steps the other side. Small groups of people watch the rickshaws go by. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as