Hong Kong, England (1959)

St. Martins in the Fields, Central London. M/S of a deserted street in what appears to be Hong Kong. Low angle shot of washing on a line hanging above the street. Tilt down to a sign written in Chinese. M/S of another deserted street, in the foreground is a street sign. C/U of the street sign which reads - ’Tien-Tong St. (Paradise Street)’. M/S of a group of British tourists wandering up one of the deserted streets, they are lead by a vicar. M/S of an archway over the streets, tilt up to show the spire of St. Martins in the Fields - “the buildings are in fact a reconstruction of a section of Hong Kong, built in England and laid out in a courtyard of the church of St. Martins in the Fields“. It is part of an exhibition organised by the Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service to draw attention to the conditions in which one million Chinese refugees live in Hong Kong. Various C/Us of more signs written in Chinese. L/S of the exhibition set out in front of the church, panning shot to show the busy ro