Opening ceremony, Metropolitan Police Laboratory ("science joins the force").

Date:
1935
  • Film

About this work

Description

Scenes from the opening ceremony of the Metropolitan Police Laboratory, Hendon, 10th April 1935 - described as "a new "lab" to catch old "lags"". Scenes of scientists at work (including Dr. James Davidson, first Director of the Laboratory) and of opening speech by Sir John Gilmour, then Home Secretary. The final frames afford a brief glimpse of Sir Henry Wellcome, a few months before his death, seated among the V.I.P. guests on the platform to the left of Sir John Gilmour. Of great interest to historians of forensic science and medicine.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1935.

Physical description

1 film reel (2 mins.) : sound, black and white

Copyright note

Wellcome Trust

Notes

On same cassette as "Syphilis and Salversan [Flies]".
The original newsreel was presented to Sir Henry Wellcome by Sir John Gilmour, Home Secretary (please see WAHMM/CO/Sub/110).

Creator/production credits

British Paramount News.

Type/Technique

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