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- BFI identifier57659
- Date1900 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisDRAMA. A missionary defends his wife and child and a young lady against attack by Chinese Boxers. He is killed but the others are saved by the intervention of British sailors... (incomplete). (Synopsis) A missionary is killed by Boxers but his wife waves for help. When some sailors see the signal, they arrive at the mission and rescue the woman. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThere are two versions of this film made by WIlliamson - the earliest version is a single shot, the later version is extended and comprises four shots (including the earlier single shot) and is incomplete. A third version which combines all the available material according to information in Williamson's original catalogue was made in the 1990s for illustrative purposes.
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Attack on a China Mission - Bluejackets to the Rescue (Original)
Attack on a Chinese Mission (Alternative)
Attack on a Chinese Mission - Bluejackets to the Rescue (Alternative)
Attack on a China Mission (Help search)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/9476-5992-F089-46A6-96F2-TCategory
FictionThis work is available from BFI Archive Sales
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
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35mm BW Positive - Safety - Silent - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsWILLIAMSON, TOM - 1 page of typed notes on how James Williamson started up in Hove, by Edward Austin, a former employee 1 page of typed notes giving addresses and family details 1 page of typed notes of Alan Williamson's BKS lecture on his father, nd (1930s) Letter from Edward Austin to Tom Williamson with reference to ATTACK ON A CHINESE MISSION - BLUEJACKETS TO THE RESCUE and the British Film Institute [BFI], 23/9/1959 4 photographs and negatives of members of the family and colleagues at a studio, nd Correspondence between James Henderson of Stockton and Tom Williamson on the supply of prints of Williamson films, 1935, 1936 and 1939 - ITM-8367
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-1238413
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00m-ip5
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-ip4
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-ip3
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-ip2
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Work - 57659 - 1900 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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