Attack on a China Mission (1900)
Attack on a China Mission is a 1900 British short silent drama film, directed by James Williamson, showing some sailors coming to the rescue of the wife of a missionary killed by Boxers. This four shot film, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "was a quantum leap forward in style, content, technique and ambition." "While most dramatic films of the era consisted of one or two shots and single-figure casts, Williamson's film had four shots (including a reverse angle cut, showing the entrance to the mission from two different perspectives) and at least two dozen performers." Film historian John Barnes claims it had "the most fully developed narrative of any film made in England up to that time."
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