Title:PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN HONG KONG [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 626
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: In Hong Kong precautions are taken to reduce the spread of infectious diseases; the medical authorities administer vaccinations, the Hong Kong Police round up unauthorised hawkers and check food licences, and rubbish and rubble are cleared.
Description: Various shots showing men, women and children receiving free injections against cholera. Officers of the Hong Kong Police leading a hawker with a yoke towards a police lorry. Another man is lead away. Police quiz a stallholder. A British officer of the Hong Kong Police inspects a stallholder's certificate. General view of a market looking down from a window or balcony. Food on sale. Close-up of apparently illegally sold shellfish. Police leading away a number of detained hawkers. Brief shot of a newspaper seller; headline reads 'SCM-Post Telegraph [South China Morning Post]: 'Men who bombed HK now here', 'STRONG CHOLERA WARNING' and 'Tojo Accuses Soviet'. Men clearing rubbish with forks. Men clearing rubble.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Wright, E V (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Hong Kong Police (regiment/service)
Keywords: Hong Kong (geography)
Post-war Hong Kong 1945-1997 (event)
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