Shuzhendong Chinese Typewriter
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| Shuzhendong Chinese Typewriter | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Wan Laiming Wan Guchan |
| Produced by | Wan Laiming Wan Guchan |
| Release date(s) | 1922 |
| Running time | Unknown |
| Country | China |
Shuzhendong Chinese Typewriter (Simplified Chinese: 舒振东华文打字机; Traditional Chinese: 舒振東華文打字機; pinyin: Shūzhèngdōng Huáwén Dǎzìjī) is the first Chinese animation ever made in 1922 by Wan Laiming and Wan Guchan.
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[edit] Translations
There are 2 possible translations. The first translation is "Comfortably Raised Eastern Chinese Typewriter", likely a generic marketing name.
The second translation maybe "Comfortable Zhendong Chinese Typewriter" as in the town of Zhendong (振东) in the Binhai county located in the Jiangsu province . Which happens to be directly north of Shanghai, where the pioneering Wan brothers were doing animation experiments at the time.
[edit] History
The black and white advertisement was created for the Shanghai Commercial Press (商务印书馆)[1]. It was a printing establishment setup in 1902. By 1919 the Wan brothers were experimenting with animation technologies from the US, and this commercial piece is the first known animation with a practical use outside their research.
