Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1962
Just to stir up the controversy regarding the naming of the Peninsula Court again, here is a film still from 1962's Heisser Hafen Hongkong (Eng: Hot Harbour Hong Kong). This still shows the signage on the side of a hotel shuttle bus calling at the Peninsula Hotel, Marco Polo - Peninsula Court and Hongkong Hotel - Repulse Bay.
I'm fairly certain detail like this would not be a mock-up for such an obscure 1960s German film. <Read more ...>
Here's a funny one. This is actually multiple screen captures from a 1953 film called "Target Hong Kong" released by Columbia Pictures. The film was set in HK but it's quite obvious that the film used only stock footage for scene setting and no actual filming was done here. This panorama is actually reversed in the film, so I have had to flip it all around before merging into the above shot. I'm trying to date it. Obviously pre-1951 due to the missing Old Bank of China, and post 1935 because 3rd Generation HSBC can be seen. <Read more ...>
