Sensational reports of a mysterious aeroplane crash at Minghong, regard-Ing which no officials could say _anything, have a simple origin, A Chinese motion picture company was stag~ ing a scene from Its latest play, in which an aviator gels shut down, and the location of this portion of the film was a couple of miles out of Shang-hal. on the road to Minghong.
Motorists on the road to Minghong just after 4 o'clock on Saturday (APT. 21). afternoon noticed what appeared to be an ancient aeroplane @ short Aistance from the road. It had engine and apparently no wheels.
"A glance around disclosed three cameramen making their way to, the spot, their apparatus slung on thelr} backs, Ahead of them walked a Chinese in foreign clothes, When asked what it was all about, he obligingly explained that his company was making a film, 'A tle way dowa the road the hero could be seen approaching, the full panoply of an aviator. Ride ing a push-bike, he was going to his crash, Parked in the middle of the roed was a white and red ambulance, with @ pretty girl looking out of window. She was the heroine, punch tually arrived on the ict.
The party responsible for all this was the Loh Hwa Moving Picture Studios whose studios are situated near Lunghua, and whose offices (United Photoplay Services, Ltd.) fare in Hongkong Road. The film on which the company was working is
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