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A Small Town in China
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Title: A Small Town in China

Release Date: 1 Jan 1933

Runtime: 9m

Genre: Documentary, History

Director: Methodist Missionary Society

Production Companies: Methodist Missionary Society

Overview: Shot by Methodist missionaries, this is an incredibly charming record of small-town life in an unidentified location in China. We see a bustling wharf town with canal-side dwellings, distinctive school buildings, and a hospital where newly graduated nurses pose for a group portrait. The relaxed smiles of Chinese and Europeans are captured in intimate close-ups, suggesting a tight-knit community.

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