Henry Lester Institute of medical research, Shanghai reel three.

Date:
[1933]
  • Film

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Description

Four reels of film depicting numerous aspects of the routine scientific work of the Henry Lester Institute, founded with a bequest from the trustees of Mr. Henry Lester, broker and medical philanthropist of Shanghai, together with scenes from everyday life in Shanghai before the Japanese conquest of 1935. Reel three consists of amateur unedited footage, each sequence of very short duration. General views of a city, presumably Shanghai. Views over the harbour including a steam ferry. Mixed group of Western and Chinese people smartly dressed and appearing to be travelling somewhere on a day trip. Various point-of-view shots from the boat depicting the onwards and returning journeys. There is a garden party.

Publication/Creation

[Shanghai?] : [The Institute?], [1933]

Physical description

1 film reel (08.01.) : silent, black and white

Creator/production credits

Henry Lester Institute, Shanghai

Copyright note

Not known.

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