ADMIRAL SERVAES VISITS ASH CAMP IN SHANGHAI
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ADM 1209).
Synopsis
I. Rear-Admiral Servaes pays a visit to Ash Camp, the wartime internment area for British and Allied subjects in Shanghai. The Admiral, accompanied by a Lieutenant-Commander RNVR and a marine officer, shakes hands and chats with the internees, before delivering a short address from the veranda of main building - the small crowd applauds him. Above the building flies the flag of the Chinese Republic and, a little higher up, a Union Jack. After his address the Admiral talks with various internees.
II. Party onboard HMS Belfast for children of the internees. A seaman helps a child on a swing rigged on the upper deck. A larger swing, improvised from a crate, is suspended from the ship's crane, and a bosun's chair has been rigged to run down from the bridge onto the boat deck.
Titles
- ADMIRAL SERVAES VISITS ASH CAMP IN SHANGHAI (Allocated)
- Series Title:
- BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 3 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 291 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- [Admiralty]
- cameraman
- Beeson, Paul (Sub-Lieutenant, RNVR)
- Production company
- Naval Information Liaison Division, Cine Unit No 1