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:

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:
Film clip

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'Hong Kong Scare', British Movietone News Issue No. 1682A, 31 Aug 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24250 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)