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Hong Kong left the British Empire in 1997, becoming part of China.
Part 1, shot on 6 March 1946: Platform sign reads 'Kowloon'. Repeat shot of the sign with pan to a ...
7th Gurkha Rifles on parade, patrolling frontier with China, extended interview with bespectacled British officer, assault training, Tavolero Barracks, Gurkhas ...
RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.
Landscape view of Kai ...
How the Govt. of Singapore has set about the gigantic problem of housing Hong ko ng's swelling population.
The work of the British Red Cross at home and at its overseas branches in Hong Kong, Kenya and Uganda.
Reel of rushes of 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders on patrol in Aden during the Emergency (with live sound ...
Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong.
A bare-metal RAF ...
A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of ...
Impressionistic account, without commentary, of day-to-day life onboard HMS Coventry as she sails from Portsmouth to Hong Kong ...
Beginning in Macau, records the historical events that brought the western power s to Asia. Draws comparisons between the lifestyles ...
Documentary about the Hong Kong Chinese as represented by the Lung family and their deep involvement with ancestral glory, coupled ...
I. Anti-submarine helicopters , operating from frigate, are seen in action: mortars and torpedoes are used.
II. German soldiers of the ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include THE OCCUPATION OF TOKYO AND HONG KONG JAPANESE SURRENDER OF HONG KONG ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA. Items include: AFTER THE BATTLE OF MATAPAN BY CONVOY TO GIBRALTAR BATTLE FOR ...
A football match is played at King's Park, Kowloon, between a team from No. 44 Commando Royal Marines ...
Hong Kong and port seen through the eyes of a typical New Yorker.
Short documentary, with a recruiting aim, showing the work of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
"The Space Age ...
Travel short about a Merchant Navy engineer who calls at Hong Kong, Bangkok and other Eastern cities prior to accepting ...
Fund-raising film for the Chinese Red Cross Medical Corps includes scenes of the Hong Kong Bureau's Supply and Transportation Departments, ...
Hong Kong harbour. Ferry and harbour traffic. Tour of the busy centre of the Colony. Sailing junks under sail and ...
Scenes from Hong Kong including: transport ships at Kowloon Pier; sampans and junks; city street scenes; people in the Public ...
Agriculture in a Nigerian African school. Wales. Colonial students meet young farmers at Lampeter. London. Malayan students at a Colonial ...
A detachment of No.1 Army Commando lands on Lamma Island, a few miles from Hong Kong Island, to ...