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Old Macau in 1960 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 273 seconds Macau when it was still a Portugese colony. Its harbor, Ma-Kwok temple, St.Paul's Cathedral facade, Chiang Kai Shek's portrait was still displayed, firecracker industry, ferry with refugees.See also clip: http://nl.youtube .com/watch?v=kB-yo6q R5ZI Video obtainable, see: www.xs4all.nl/~wi chm/Film_DVDlijst.ht ml Related: cathedral, chiang_kai_shek, children, chinese, firecracker, fireworks, ma_kwok_temple, macau, old, portugese_colony, st.pauls |
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Hong Kong. To the Peak in 1964 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 223 seconds by Peak tram. Repulse Bay. Water reservoirs. Related: 1964, british_colony, hong_kong, motorboat, peak, repulse_bay, tram, water_reservoir |
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Hong Kong Sheung Wan district back in 1964 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 243 seconds Sheung Wan looked like this 45 years ago. Still the same? I wonder. Related: 1964, back_streets, china, firecrakers, hawkers, hong_kong, jaycees, old, tseung_wan |
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The old New Territories Hong Kong Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 322 seconds New Territories some fifty years ago. Walled city Kam Tin. Kai Tak airport. Related: 1964, agriculture, airport, china, ducks, golf_course, hong_kong, jaycee_congress, kai_tak, kam_tin, new_territories, walled_city |
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Old Hong Kong Central 1962 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 187 seconds Central district looked like this 45 years ago! Related: 1959, 1962, central, china, hong_kong, old, queens_road_central, statue_square |
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Chinese New Year Hong Kong 1953 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 164 seconds Yau Ma Tei sampans and junks are in all their festive splendour at Chinese New Year. It has all disappeared. Related: 1953, boys, chinese_new_year, dragon, hong_kong, junks, kowloon, sampans, shelter, swim, typhoon, yau_ma_tei, yaumati |
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Hong Kong as it was in 1952 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 145 seconds In postwar years the building boom started by primitive means. Scaffolding in Icehouse street. Shortage of watersupply. DVD available: www.xs4all.nl/~wi chm/Film_DVDlijst.ht ml Related: 1952, building, children, china, hong_kong, old, reconstruction, scaffolding, stone_cutting, water_supply |
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Old Hong Kong Aberdeen 1953 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 227 seconds Fishing village as it was. Old craftmanschip - ropemaking. Motorless sampans and junks.Children who are old by now, as I am.Camera: Michael Rogge See my other 180 video clips here: http://nl.youtube .com/profile_videos? user=MichaelRogge&p= r DVD's available: http://www.xs4all .nl/~wichm/Film_DVDl ijst.html Related: 1953, aberdeen, children, fishing_village, hong_kong, junks, old, reservoir, ropemaking, sampans, shipbuilding, shipyard |
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Old Singapore, street of the dead, Sago Lane 1960 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 230 seconds In Sago Lane old chinese were waiting for their death and could watch their coffin being carved. A paper house is being burned to live in in the hereafter. Funeral in monsoon time. Related: 1960, chinese, dead, funeral, lane, monsoon, mourning, old, sago, singapore, street |
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Demolition Hong Kong 1960 - old Kowloon Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 107 seconds Old Victorian buildings were being demolished and changed the face of old Hong Kong. Kowloon had many jewelry shops and money could even be sent to heaven or hell, as the case might be. DVD available: www.xs4all.nl/~wi chm/Film_DVDlijst.ht ml Related: 1960, cricket_club, demolition, governor, hell_banknotes, hong_kong, jewelry_shop, kowloon, money_changer, sir_robert_black |
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HK Coronation festivities June 1953 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 139 seconds Procession to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, attended by Governor Sir Alexander Graham at the HKSB building, filmed by HK Amateur Cine Club members. Complete DVD: www.xs4all.nl/~wichm /Film_DVDlijst.html Related: 1953, chinese, dragon, hong_kong, procession, queen_elizabeth, statue_square |
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Hong Kong squatters in 1964 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 151 seconds I forgot where this was, but a viewer was so kind to tell me that the first scenes are located at Diamond Hill and the last scenes at Shek Kip Mei. Furthermore you will see clothing distribution amongst them and the resettlement buildings. Related: 1964, charity, china, hong_kong, resettlement, squatters |
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Hong Kong 1949 strolling from midlevel to downtown Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 205 seconds Going to the office from MacDonnell Road through Icehouse street to the bank in des Voeux Road Central in the olden days - twenty years old! See my other 190 video clips here: //nl.youtube.com/ profile_videos?user= MichaelRogge&p=r Related: 1949, china, des_voeux_road, handelsbank, hong_kong, icehouse_street, macdonnell_road, michael_rogge |
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Hong Kong, the old Aberdeen Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 263 seconds The fishing village in 1964, its sampans, junks and fish restaurants. Husein Rofé is also seen. See my other 180 video clips here: http://nl.youtube .com/profile_videos? user=MichaelRogge&p= r DVD's available: http://www.xs4all .nl/~wichm/Film_DVDl ijst.html Related: aberdeen, china, fish_restaurants, hong_kong, husein_rofé, junks, sampans |
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Children in old Hong Kong 1949 Posted by: MichaelRogge
Video duration: 198 seconds The toddler, the schoolboy, some of them refugee children seeing their parents toil for their daily meal. They all saw Hong Kong change unrecognizably in the next fifty years of their lives. They are old by now, if still alive, longing back to the peaceful place they once dwelled in. See my other clips: www.youtube.com/prof ile_videos?user=Mich aelRogge Related: 1949, boys, china, hong_kong, michael_rogge, naked, old, schoolboy, squatters |
