Hong Kong Scare

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1682A

Date Released

31 Aug 1961

Date submitted

28 Aug 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Spring Cleaning
2. 2The Fasting Sikh
3. 3Pony Show Jumping
4. 4Hong Kong Scare
5. 5Away from It All
6. 6The Happy Invasion

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hong Kong Scare. DESCRIPTION: In over-crowded Hong Kong a cholera scare. The outbreak here was believed to have been brought in by refugees from China. Cholera spreads fast and is almost always fatal and the aim is to inoculate some three million people in three weeks. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MLS Chinese at snack bar. MS same. CU Chinese eating. MS boy eating. MS another. MLS health worker arrives at food shop. MS same talks to shop owner. MS meat hanging in cupboard. MS health inspector inspecting food. MS same looking at cooking utensils. MS same. MLS street. MLS people outside health centre. MS Chinese children. CU baby. MS inoculation in progress. MCU same.

Keywords

Health and medicine

Locations

Hong Kong

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

83059

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

74

Story extras:

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