Home movie of HMS Capetown on the China Station, showing scenes at Hong Kong, Christmas 1936.

The film shows Christmas celebrations formal and informal on board HMS Capetown at Hong Kong 1936. A large unidentified Japanese warship is seen in the harbour. On board the Capetown officers and their wives joke to the camera. There are physical exercise sessions on deck. There are scenes of British and Indian troops drilling on shore. There is a mixed hockey match ashore, a man and a woman go sailing in the harbour. There is a formal march-past on the dockside of Scottish troops.

Notes

Technical: 8mm blown up to 16mm, at 16 fps.

Documentation/associated material: see Garnett folder for detailed notes and also 'The Royal Navy and the Sino-Japanese Incident 1937-41' by Martin Brice.

Remarks: for general assessment of this excellent collection see report by Taylor Downing. Captain Garnett died in July 1996.