Henry Lester institute of medical research, Shanghai reel two.

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[1933]
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Henry Lester institute of medical research, Shanghai reel two. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Four reels of film depicting numerous aspects of the routine scientific work of the Henry Lester Institute, founded with a bequest from the trustees of Mr. Henry Lester, broker and medical philanthropist of Shanghai, together with scenes from everyday life in Shanghai, China, before the Japanese conquest of 1935. 4 segments.

Publication/Creation

[Shanghai?] : [The Institute?], [1933]

Physical description

1 encoded moving image (17.22 min.) : silent, black and white

Duration

00:17:22

Contents

Segment 1 Amateur unedited footage, each sequence of very short duration. Slightly portly Western man smoking a cigarette and wearing a white laboratory coat helpfully chalks on the blackboard the following message: We will now visit the various laboratories in my DIVISION. A smartly dressed Chinese man in a Western suit at a typewriter followed by scenes around the laboratories. 'You are visiting Tissue Pathology', 'Cambridge Rocking Microtone', various shots around the institute depicting staff at work. A Western woman is seen working in the laboratory. Time start: 00:00:00:00 Time end: 00:05:00:00 Length: 00:05:00:00
Segment 2 Man looking down microscope, he smiles to camera. More shots with laboratory staff at work. Ends abruptly. Time start: 00:05:00:00 Time end: 00:10:01:04 Length: 00:05:01:04
Segment 3 Various Chinese laboratory workers hard at work, busying themselves for the camera. 'Media Rooms' caption; more laboratory shots and then an old fashioned camera being set-up. Time start: 00:10:01:04 Time end: 00:15:30:00 Length: 00:05:28:21
Segment 4 Exterior shots of the inner atrium of the institute. White laboratory rabbits. Cleaners. Camera follows Western man as he pauses under archway. Time start: 00:15:30:00 Time end: 00:17:22:03 Length: 00:01:52:03

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Wellcome Trust 2009

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