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Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-01-15 18:10

On Youtube are two films (or actually cuts) from Hong Kong in 1968. A bit messy, but very interesting.

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 682 - Reel 1 Of 2 - Hong Kong (1968) - YouTube

0:07min  peak tram ride

0:18       city streets (unsure of location)

1:11       traffic pagoda on DesVoeux Road near Bank of China

1:17       clapping hands?

1:20       Flight from Admiralty to Sheung Wan (reclamation)

2:01       peak tram ride

2:19       people on a foot bridge

2:26       peak tram ride

2:49       view from the peak

3:23       vehicular ferry pier and boarding (Jordan Road?)

3:51       approaching Central

3:58       approaching Jordan Road vehicular ferry

4:55       street scenes and markets

6:11       resettlement area and houses

6:52       fashion show at Tiger Balm Garden

7:16       street scenes and markets

7:55       Tai Pak and Sea Palace

7:59       Kai Tak runway

9:25       Flight from Victoria Park to Admiralty (reclamation), Victoria Harbour

10:35     Flight over Sheung Wan

10:43     End

 

Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 682 - Reel 2 Of 2 - Hong Kong (1968) - YouTube

0 min     jade carving

1:03       wood carving

1:51       beach party

2:41       boat people, sampans (Aberdeen)

3:56       bus ride

4:15       fashion show inside Miramar Hotel

5:03       beach party

6:25       food stall

6:28       harvesting and threshing of rice

7:30       water pipeline from mainland China/bridge over a small river, watering of fields

8:24       harbour and boat construction, tender boats

8:53       Tai Pak and Sea Palace

9:17       fashion show inside Miramar Hotel

11:13     end

 

And this is probably the final film (with sound)

Take a tour of Hong Kong in the 60s - YouTube

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Submitted by Gordon1 on Sun, 2021-01-17 16:07.

At 4:07 on reel one (approaching Jordan Ferry) - you can see the distinctive Man King and Man Fai Buildings in Man Ying St. Yau Ma Tei.

They are still there although looking a little worse for wear! now about 1 km inland as well.

Kai Tak Runway: two flights can be seen - a China Airlines (Taiwan) Boeing 727-100 landing on Runway 31 and a Pan Am DC-6 taking off Runway 13. In 1968 the DC-6 was already rare as it had been mostly phased out (eg Pan Am phase out was 1968), whereas the Boeing 727 was relatively new and began ops with China Airlines in 1967.