A report from Hong Kong at a time of change, with only a few hundred days until its lease reverts to China. Includes a ride in a leaky sampan, a night at the races, a game of tennis in the grounds of Government House, an interview with Governor Chris ...

This week's discussion is on the argument recently made for selling British citizenship to wealthy Hong Kong Chinese in order to fund the repatriation of British Afro-Caribbeans.

The heroin trail moves from Burma to Hong Kong, as director Adrian Cowell and cameraman Chris Menges continue their exploration of the drugs trade. The culmination of thirty years' work, this series includes their footage first shown in the ...

Recruitment Videos for the Hong Kong Police Department, showing various crisis scenarios involving police action, with captions: 'Imagine Hong Kong without our Police'; 'We need our Police'; 'The Police Need You'; 'Your first decision is a career ...

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Army Video Diary for October 1996, with footage provided by the Army Mobile News Teams for the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and Germany.

Items include operations in ...

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A guide providing informative commentary on life in Gibraltar for members of the British forces. Includes information on the five police forces operating in Gibraltar: the Gibraltar Services Police, the Royal Military ...

Twenty interviews with soldiers of 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, Argentinian soldiers, and British leaders on events during the Battle of Goose Green in the Falklands War, 1982, recorded in 1995-1996 for a Channel 4 ...

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First of six current-affairs programmes addressing issues of interest to black people. This edition features Mel B of the Spice Girls in interview; a report on how the island of Antigua is coping with the influx of ...

Uses diaries, memoirs, photographs and archive film to examine the role that the media played in the Boer War 1899-1902.

Volcanologist Mark Davies attempts to monitor the seismic activity of Soufrière on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The volcano is regarded as the world's most deadly volcano.

How Hong Kong business leaders have made compromises in order to adapt to Chinese rule.

How Hong Kong police are now using video footage from surveillance cameras to fight the multi-million pound trade in smuggled goods. Also how police dogs have been trained to wear cameras in dangerous situations.

A four-part documentary series made by two Hong Kong residents, following a cross-section of the colony's citizens over a three-year period as they prepare for the handover to Chinese rule. In the first programme, a look at publisher ...

Continuaton of the diary of 1990s life in Hong Kong as seen by the people living there and preparing for the Chinese handover. Hong Kong's politicians - including the pro-democracy Christine Loh - worry about China. However, life goes ...

In the third part of the series following several Hong Kong's citizens as they prepare for Chinese rule, newspaper proprietor, Jimmy Lai, offers a large reward for the capture of violent triads and, in the second half of 1996; ...

Discussion show, presented this week by Jon Snow in Hong Kong. Contributors includes: Ho Sau-lan (Democracy activist, `Frontier', Hong Kong); Tsang Yok-sing (Provisional Legislative Councillor, Hong Kong); Bruce Herschensohn (Feloow, ...

A look at the end of 150 years of British colonial rule in Hong Kong, featuring interviews with Hong Kong nationals as they prepare to adjust to life under Chinese rule, outgoing governor Chris Patten, and foreign correspondents who look at the ...

Hong Kong 1997. A man returns to his place of birth to find work but, unable to find a job, he decides to help others emigrate. A street cleaner seeking a better life becomes his first client.

China threatens to relinquish the Patten blueprint on Hong Kong. In Hong Kong there are concerns about post-1997 civil rights. These form the backdrop to the 1995 elections which turn out to be a victory for democracy - and for Patten. But ...

Contemplates the future of Hong Kong, once it is handed back to the Chinese, with comments from old colonials, young entrepreneurs both British and Chinese.

Last episode of the four-part series following a cross-section of Hong Kong's citizens as they prepare for Chinese rule. As the date of the handover draws near Christine Loh launches her democratic Citizen's Party and pro-Beijing ...

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Miscellaneous unedited general views of Hong Kong, including street scenes, markets, railways (including the Peak Train), harbour scenes, views from the hills and night shots.

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(Tape 1) Rehearsal for flag lowering ceremony at Convention Centre, with guard and band.

(Tape 2) Rehearsal for drawdown of the shore station HMS Tamar. Beating the Retreat on the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia with HRH ...

HMS Chatham sets sail from Hong Kong; also sailpast by ships of the Ocean Wave deployment, passing the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia.

(Tape 1) (i) General views on board inflatable sea boat heading towards "HMS Liverpool" off the Monserrat coast at sunset. Shots along the waterline of "Liverpool". Moon above Montserrat (at night). (ii) ...

I. Book launch for "White Ensign Red Dragon: History of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong 1841 1997" by Peter J Melson. Admiral Sir Jock Slater gives a speech, and later joins the author and Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten in ...

Excerpts from a concert at Hong Kong Stadium on 25 June 1997, shortly prior to handover: in attendance is Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten.

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