CHINA STATION: cruise to Shanghai, Wei-Hai-Wei and Amoy spring 1937

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 702).

Synopsis

Home movie of HMS Capetown on the China Station, featuring a spring cruise to Shanghai, Wei-Hai-Wei and Amoy, 1937.

The film begins at Shanghai, where there are shots of the harbour, boats and the city. Marines are seen being taken ashore. There are shots of the British Commission at Shanghai. There are then several sequences taken from the Capetown at sea including shots of the officers joking and good shots over both the bows and the stern of the ship. At either Wei-Hai-Wei or Amoy there is a sequence of a football match. There are shots of a naval diver slowly being prepared for the sea. A sea plane flies over. The Capetown returns to Hong Kong.

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 1937-1941' by Martin Brice.

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

 

Titles

  • CHINA STATION: cruise to Shanghai, Wei-Hai-Wei and Amoy spring 1937 (Allocated)
Series Title:
CAPTAIN GARNETT COLLECTION
 

Technical Data

Year:
1937
Running Time:
17 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
416 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB