 "Trader Tom of the China Seas"'s official release date is 11 January 1954, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.This was followed by a re-release of "Secret Service in Darkest Africa", re-titled as "Manhunt in the African Jungles", instead of a new serial.The next new serial, "Man with the Steel Whip", followed in the summer.