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Hong Kong left the British Empire in 1997, becoming part of China.
Shot in Hong Kong, the action takes place in the ramshackle settlement of refuge es known as Rennies Mill. Photography: ...
Life in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong and port seen through the eyes of a typical New Yorker.
The tour of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to India, Pakistan, Sarawak, Singapore, North Borneo, Hong Kong, the Solomon, Gilbert ...
Travelogue on Hong Kong.
How the Govt. of Singapore has set about the gigantic problem of housing Hong ko ng's swelling population.
Arrival of RAF Hastings. Visit to South Korea during Korean War: take off in Auster, aerial views of devastated Seoul, ...
Documentary on Hong Kong
English garden domestic scenes with dogs. Hong Kong harbour & views of houses on hills surrounding city. Confrontation with Chinese ...
Travel short about a Merchant Navy engineer who calls at Hong Kong, Bangkok and other Eastern cities prior to accepting ...
Romantic drama set in Hong Kong. Story of the ill-fated love of an American correspondent and a Eurasian doctor.
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10:00:18 Scenes on the quayside at Tilbury Docks as soldiers from various regiments and corps in the ...
Amateur film shot by Flight Lieutenant Denis "Nick" Nichols prior to becoming training officer to the Hong Kong ...
Story of how an American adventurer foils a Red plot to blow up Hong Kong.
Duchess greeted by Royal Family at London Airport on return from Malaya. Flashback to highlights of tour which included Borneo, ...
Report on problems of population and labour in Hong Kong. This Modern Age Series no. 34
Review of the main events of the year, including signing of Atlantic Pact; end of Berlin blockade; advance of Communism ...
Agriculture in a Nigerian African school. Wales. Colonial students meet young farmers at Lampeter. London. Malayan students at a Colonial ...
Part 1, shot on 6 March 1946: Platform sign reads 'Kowloon'. Repeat shot of the sign with pan to a ...
A detachment of No.1 Army Commando lands on Lamma Island, a few miles from Hong Kong Island, to ...
Reel 1: Shot looking through a set of gates towards a large white building (probably Government House); a sentry is ...
In Hong Kong, British and Indian troops of the so-called 'Brindjap' force, bound for the occupation of Japan, ...
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 ...
RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.
Landscape view of Kai ...
Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong.
A bare-metal RAF ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include THE OCCUPATION OF TOKYO AND HONG KONG JAPANESE SURRENDER OF HONG KONG ...
A football match is played at King's Park, Kowloon, between a team from No. 44 Commando Royal Marines ...
HMS Glengyle, an infantry landing ship carrying men of 3 Commando Brigade, makes its way towards Hong Kong.
View ...
Victory parade and celebrations in Hong Kong after the surrender of Japanese forces and its liberation by British ...
Local Chinese civilians take part in an identity parade in order to identify Japanese troops suspected of war ...
Japanese internees arrive at Kai Tak airstrip, Kowloon, Hong Kong, for a day of labour under RAF supervision.
Two ...
Following the surrender of their country, Japanese troops are interned in prison camps in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Interior shots ...
Surrendered Japanese troops are put to work unloading ships at Kowloon docks near Hong Kong.
Seated Japanese troops; a ...
At Government House, Hong Kong, senior Japanese officers surrender the territory to British officers led by Admiral Sir ...
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, commander of the British Pacific Fleet, arrives at ...
Suspected Japanese war criminals are imprisoned at Stanley prison, Hong Kong.
The gates of Stanley prison slide open as ...
Units of the National Revolutionary Army (Chinese Nationalist army) march through Hong Kong.
A crowd of Chinese civilians is ...
British troops of No. 5 Army Commando round up Japanese troops at Fanling, 20 miles from Kowloon, before ...
RAF 132 Squadron and 7155 Servicing Echelon arrive in Hong Kong onboard the Ruler-class escort carrier HMS Smiter.
Members ...
The reopening of the Kowloon-Lo Wu railway line gets off to a decidedly mixed start, and RAF men ...
Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt, Senior British Naval Officer Hong Kong, inspects airmen and aircraft of RAF ...
The first batch of freed civilian internees leave Stanley Camp, Hong Kong, and are evacuated by the Royal ...
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 ...
Lawson and Harcourt at Stanley internment camp where they meet Reverend Sandbach, the superintendent of the camp. They walk through ...
Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong with his ...