Film strips 'Ladies of the Light' and 'Mission in China'

Film strips produced by the London Missionary Society's Visual Education Department, with photographs by Douglas Harman and text by N. Ingram Smith. 'Mission in China' focuses on the new Changchow Union Hospital built in 1947-1949, and includes photographs of Changchow Theological College (used as a...

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Order number: MS 380815 Box 1
Date(s) of creation: c1939-c1950
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id MS_380815.1.3.1.1
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with MS 380815 Box 1
callnumber MS 380815/1/3/1/1
callnumber_txt MS 380815/1/3/1/1
callnumber-sort MS 380815/1/3/1/1
prefix_number 1
title Film strips 'Ladies of the Light' and 'Mission in China'
scb_date_creation c1939-c1950
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 2 film strips
format Archive
description Film strips produced by the London Missionary Society's Visual Education Department, with photographs by Douglas Harman and text by N. Ingram Smith. 'Mission in China' focuses on the new Changchow Union Hospital built in 1947-1949, and includes photographs of Changchow Theological College (used as a temporary hospital in the Second World War), construction of the new hospital, wards, nursing staff, training of nurses, support staff, the operating theatre and work of the hospital chapel. See MS380815/1/3/1/2 for accompanying commentary. 'Ladies of the Light' (no commentary available) apparently focuses on community nursing work.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright held by Council for World Mission
language English
language_search English
scb_finding_aids Handlist available
scb_related_material See MS380815/1/3/1/2 for commentary accompanying film strip 'Mission in China'. Some images are duplicated in the glass slides relating to Harman's service in Changchow (see MS380815/1/3/2), and in the display boards created by Douglas Harman (see MS380815/1/3/6/1-11).
hierarchy_top_id_raw MS 380815
hierarchy_sequence MS_380815.001.003.001.001