File. Film 'I Was a Stranger'

Reference No:
U DMS/4/71
Dates:
7 Jan 1971-1 Oct 1974
Description:
File containing correspondence of Max Wood for Films Department of the Missions to Seamen with Visnews Productions, the Mariners' Club in Hong Kong, and others, manuscript notes, memoranda, press cuttings, paper 'Stories of The Missions to Seamen in action', paper on the Hong Kong team's approach to ministry, paper 'The Importance of Ecumenism in Mission', progress reports, and script relating to the production of a film by the society titled 'I Was a Stranger' (aka the Hong Kong film). Includes references to: Visnews as production company employed by Missions to Seamen in the production of the film; Keith Hulse as film director; Hong Kong selected as 'an excellent example of ecumenism in action' and for the port's visual appeal; visit of Max Wood to Hong Kong; translation of script for a Swiss version of the film; budget for the film; terms of contract with production company; film not intended to be a documentary about the society in Hong Kong, instead, Hong Kong is used for illustrative purposes to show the wider work of the Missions to Seamen with seafarers; ordering of prints of the film; requests for bookings to show the film; promotion plan.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)