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010 A crowd of people by Atlas plane Kowloon 1948.JPG

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1948

Another "still" taken from an 8mm film made in 1948 or 1949. 

The film shows a biggish crowd of people (50?), European and Asian, lining up on a tarmac, getting on board, and sitting on board an Atlas plane which subsequently takes off.  The area is quite bare of buildings, trees etc - looks like the New Territories.  It must have been some special occasion - such flights would not have been that common then. 

Does anyone know what the occasion could be?  and where?

Suziepie

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