The first of two programmes
The British in China 1920-1939 It was business which took the British to China, not dreams of imperial conquest. Western business wealth created the celebrated waterfront at Shanghai. It was a modem city as some who made their lives there in the 1920s and 30s recall. For the British 'missey' there was a household of servants, for 'master' the club, and for the sailors, the many notorious 'cabarets'.
Narrated by Christopher Cook Film editor ROLAND ARMSTRONG
Produced by CHRISTOPHER COOK (R)