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Hong Kong left the British Empire in 1997, becoming part of China.
Army recruiting advertisement.
A man shown working in a machine shop wants more from life and, following the example ...
Report on present day Hong Kong which examines the implications for the Colony's future once the lease on the New ...
Marine Wilson plays the bagpipes to a laughing audience of Chinese children sitting on the bonnet of a jeep. Sweets ...
I. Sequence showing Kowloon power station, and lines of coolie women carrying logs to the operative boiler. HA.LS onto a ...
Film showing the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on location in the New Territories, Hong Kong.
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1st ...
START 00:00:00 Views filmed inside a drydock (probably the one at Whampoa Dock from 21 to 24 October 1939) showing ...
START 00:00:00 Monochrome scenes on board HMS Kent with views of the name plate on the quarterdeck, X and Y ...
START 00:00:00 Black and white scenes filmed on board a twelve-oared cutter showing the crew 'pulling' hard on each of ...
START 00:00:00 Colour Kodak Safety Film logo. Scenes filmed in the Whampoa Docks in Kowloon showing two ratings standing on ...
START 00:00:00 Scenes filmed under the tropical awning on the quarterdeck of HMS Kent interrupted by jump cuts showing Captain ...
START 00:00:00 Agfa 8 1939 logo. Scenes showing Lieutenant-Commander 'Casanova' Coleman (HMS Kent's paymaster) on the left and Petty Officer ...
Lawson and Harcourt at Stanley internment camp where they meet Reverend Sandbach, the superintendent of the camp. They walk through ...
European trekking over the coastal mountains. Arial views of Hong Kong the city and the harbour with naval and commercial ...
Singapore outskirts. Malaya country town. Street life. Views of Singapore. Harbour and city. Government buildings. Iron girder bridge. Mosque. Bustling ...
English garden domestic scenes with dogs. Hong Kong harbour & views of houses on hills surrounding city. Confrontation with Chinese ...
Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong with his ...
Spitfires of RAF 132 Squadron operate at Kai Tak airstrip, Kowloon, Hong Kong, and adopt two local Chinese ...
Scenes from Hong Kong including: pedestrians in the midday sun; latest fashions in ladies' frocks; men's wear; policemen and sailors ...
Scenes of Hong Kong, including: a variety of people in winter clothes; shops and shop signs; Christmas decorations in shops; ...
Hong Kong scenes including: the Lido at Repulse Bay; a Chinese bathing club and Dragon Boat race; the filmmakers leave ...
Story of how an American adventurer foils a Red plot to blow up Hong Kong.
START 00:00:00 Monochrome views of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon filmed in late 1939, showing a French light cruiser identified ...
Reel 1: Views from the Penang Hill Railway. The carriage passes a signboard with a (long) list of rules for ...
Recruitment film for the Royal Navy, following the experiences of a new cadet.
A 16 year old boy on ...
START 10:00:00 Opening titles
10:00:18 Scenes on the quayside at Tilbury Docks as soldiers from various regiments and corps in the ...
Short documentary about RAF Transport Command's regular flights to the Far East narrated by (and starring) Jon Rollason.
Reporter ...
Items include: Boat people arriving in Hong Kong [7.32 dur] Botha talking about the new Muzorewa government in Rhodesia [5.05 ...
Short film with a recruiting aim stressing the importance of the technical grades in the Royal Navy.
The role ...
Admirals Harcourt and Fraser, General Festing and Brigadier Hardy, make a tour of inspection of the Hong Kong ...
Goods transportation: ferry and junks on the waterfront; lorries; coolies carrying a variety of goods along roads. Passenger transportation: ocean ...
Troops parading. A large residence with bi-plane flying overhead and around bay.
AMATEUR FILM. The aftermath of the September 1937 typhoon which struck Hong Kong at 2am. The first ferry sailed at ...
How the mile wide stetch of water separating Hong Kong from the mainland was lin ked by a twin tube ...
Shows the opportunities for industrial investment offered by Hong Kong
Colonial troops in England for the Victory Parade on 8 June 1946.
Colonial troops arrive in Britain for the Victory Parade. ...
Journey to Hunan, China. Followed by aspects of Chinese life. The work of the Methodist hospital at Shaoyang and their ...
Arrival of RAF Hastings. Visit to South Korea during Korean War: take off in Auster, aerial views of devastated Seoul, ...
Life in Hong Kong.