Bangkok - Christian Hospital- Missionary
Bangkok - Christian Hospital- Missionary
Bangkok - Christian hospital - missionary. Title: The Bible Institue of Los Angeles Presents. Title: Produced by Dr. Louis T. Talbot. Map shows Siam, with a star for Bangkok; French Indo-China also featured prominently. Various scenes at a missionary or Christian hospital apparently in this part of Southeast Asia. Caucasian man wraps a patient's leg. Caucasian doctor gives eyedrops to patient, Asian nurse assisting. Nurse weighs a baby on a scale, smiles for the camera. Asian nurses look after babies and toddlers. A typical white nuclear family - mother, father, daughter and son - pose for the camera apparently on their way to church; the boy holds up his Bible. Asian people exit a building, pose with the missionary family. Some of the men look like they are in uniform. Note: The Bible Institute of Los Angeles was renamed Biola College (now Biola University) in 1949. Also, "Siam" was renamed as Thailand in 1949. Since the older names are in use here, this footage probably dates from the mid to late 1940s but might pass for early 1950s.