Amateur film shot by Flight Lieutenant Denis "Nick" Nichols prior to becoming training officer to the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force from September 1954 to May 1955 records social and ceremonial scenes in the British crown colony as experienced by a young RAF officer.

Arrival in Hong Kong of Air Vice Marshal D Gilmore (SASO Hong Kong). View of harbour floating dock. Children outside the first officers' mess at Wanchai. Aerial views of Hong Kong. Tram to Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island. Air House Altamira Hacienda in Wong Ne Cheong Gap Road. Trip round New Territories. Coronation Parade on Sek Tong runway, June 1953. Drinks at General's House, Sha Tin. Dragon Boat race. New officers' mess. Christmas 1953.

Notes

Camera: Nichols bought second-hand Bell & Howell Sports 8mm camera after his arrival in Hong Kong in December 1952; film took eight weeks to be processed in Australia and returned.

Note Sound: Nichols' voice-over commentary on audio-tape, recorded viewing video copy in 1994, held as MGH 4217-4218.