Photojournalist H. S. 'Newsreel' Wong at Bubbling Well Road Cemetery, Shanghai

Photojournalist H. S. 'Newsreel' Wong at Bubbling Well Road Cemetery, Shanghai

Collection

Rosholt, Malcolm

Identifier

Ro-n0861

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Ro-n0861. This photograph is reproduced in 'The Press Corps of Old Shanghai', on page 19 and captioned: "H.S. ("Newsreel") Wong, cameraman for Paramount Newsreel. Photo was taken in Bubbling Well Road Cemetery (Jing'an) where Wong had attended graveside services for Pembroke Stevens [sic], killed while observing battle in Nantao, on south boundary of Shanghai, 1937". This photograph was taken at the funeral of Daily Telegraph journalist Philip Pembroke Stephens (1903-1937).  H.S. 'Newsreel' Wong (1900-1981) was also known as Wang Xiaoting and Wang Haisheng. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._S._Wong  Crop mark lines on negative.  See Ro-s147, Ro-n0555, Ro-n0862.  Further information about cemeteries in Shanghai: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/shanghai.html.

Location

Shanghai

Estimated Date

1937

Photographer

Rosholt, Malcolm

Material

Negative

Media

Black and white photograph