Hong Kong

Hong Kong left the British Empire in 1997, becoming part of China. 

 
 
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JAPANESE SURRENDER OF HONG KONG (16/9/1945) (1945)

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, commander of the British Pacific Fleet, arrives at ...

 

JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS IMPRISONED IN HONG KONG (28/9/1945) (1945)

Suspected Japanese war criminals are imprisoned at Stanley prison, Hong Kong.

The gates of Stanley prison slide open as ...

 

MEN OF THE CHINESE ARMY MARCH THROUGH HONG KONG (1945) (1945)

Units of the National Revolutionary Army (Chinese Nationalist army) march through Hong Kong.

A crowd of Chinese civilians is ...

 

NO. 5 COMMANDO ROUNDING UP JAPANESE TROOPS AT FANLING... (1945)

British troops of No. 5 Army Commando round up Japanese troops at Fanling, 20 miles from Kowloon, before ...

 

RAF 132 SQUADRON AND 7155 ECHELON SAIL TO HONG KONG... (1945)

RAF 132 Squadron and 7155 Servicing Echelon arrive in Hong Kong onboard the Ruler-class escort carrier HMS Smiter.

Members ...

 

RAF REOPEN THE RAILWAY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LO WU (29/9/1945) (1945)

The reopening of the Kowloon-Lo Wu railway line gets off to a decidedly mixed start, and RAF men ...

 

REAR ADMIRAL HARCOURT VISITS RAF 132 SQUADRON (2/10/1945) (1945)

Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt, Senior British Naval Officer Hong Kong, inspects airmen and aircraft of RAF ...

 

REPATRIATION OF INTERNEES FROM STANLEY CAMP, HONG KONG... (1945)

The first batch of freed civilian internees leave Stanley Camp, Hong Kong, and are evacuated by the Royal ...

 

ROYAL MARINES ENTERTAIN ORPHANS IN HONG KONG; ADMIRAL... (1945)

Marine Wilson plays the bagpipes to a laughing audience of Chinese children sitting on the bonnet of a jeep. Sweets ...

 

ROYAL NAVY MAKES EFFORTS TO RESTORE ELECTRIC POWER... (1945) enhanced entry

I. Sequence showing Kowloon power station, and lines of coolie women carrying logs to the operative boiler. HA.LS onto a ...

 

SECRETARY OF STATE JACK LAWSON VISITS HONG KONG (22/9/1945) (1945)

Lawson and Harcourt at Stanley internment camp where they meet Reverend Sandbach, the superintendent of the camp. They walk through ...

 

SIR KEITH PARK VISITS HONG KONG (1945)

Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong with his ...