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WORLD FAMOUS IN WAX
Anyone who's been fortunate enough to visit Hong Kong, will tell you that it's a city of many worlds. The world of Suzie Wong, for instance. This life-like model of Nancy Kwan is a clue to a rather unusual occupation we discovered there...
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HONG KONG SCARE
In over-crowded Hong Kong a cholera scare. The outbreak here was believed to have been brought in by refugees from China. Cholera spreads fast and is almost always fatal and the aim is to inoculate some three million people in three...
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HONG KONG TUNNEL OPENED
Princess Alexandra opens the new tunnel between Hong Kong and Kowloon. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...
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SEAFOOD - HONG KONG STYLE
While attending British Week in Hong Kong, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visited a famous floating restaurant where they selected their own dinner before it was cooked. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any...
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HONG KONG - AIR CRASH TRAGEDY
An American transport plane taking servicemen back to Da Nang after leave crashes in the harbour after take off. This tragedy brings the total number of Americans killed in aircraft bound for Vietnam to 249. Disclaimer: British Movietone...
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NOSHING UP - WITH YOUR BIRD
The Hing Wen restaurant in Hong Kong caters for customers who like to bring their pets along with them. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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IDA HAS A MUDBATH
Ida was the name given to the second typhoon to hit Hong Kong this year. She brought torrential rains, which washed a whole hillside down onto the buildings below. Over six thousand people had to leave their homes. Emergency housing and...
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""VIOLA"" VISITS HONG KONG
""Viola"", a 50 mile an hour typhoon, hit Hong Kong. Although people in the Crown Colony were expecting the worst, little damage was done. In fact, ten inches of rain poured into the dried-up reservoirs, making ""Viola"" a very welcome...
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HONG KONG - DUKE GETS A DUNKING!
The world famous Dragon-Boat Races is really a festival for the fishing community. The Dragon Boats (22 of 'em) are some 45 feet long. Among the boats which came to grief, the British Army entry with the Duke of Kent aboard. But with the...
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PLEASE SEND RAIN
Since last September hardly a drop of rain has fallen on Hong Kong. The drought has become so serious that for the first time Hong Kong Buddhists have asked for divine intervention. Three times a day prayers are offered to Buddha for...
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""THE LONGEST DAY"" PREMIERE
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AIRPORT IN THE OCEAN
Kai Tak Airport's runway, nearly 3,000 yards long jutting out into the ocean, is a dramatic pathway into Hong Kong. It opened in 1958, and it can accommodate the biggest jets in service or on the drawing board. Now, the opening of the...
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HONG KONG BRITISH AGAIN
The last of the major Japanese surrenders was signed at Hong Kong on the sixteenth of September. Not before some Japanese resistance had been overcome and prisoners rounded up. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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HONG KONG HURRICANE
Our pictures show Hong Kong after it was swept by the typhoon ""Wanda"": tumbled buildings and wreckages everywhere, ships lifted clear of the water, and 45,000 people homeless. The terrible wind also brought torrential rains, which...
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YEAR OF THE TIGER (in colour)
Welcome, Year of the Tiger! Farewell, Year of the Bull! Hong Kong celebrated the Chinese New Year with a three-day holiday and lots and lots of fire crackers. Six million of them, they say, greeted the Year of the Tiger in Hong Kong!...
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EPIC OF THE ""AMETHYST""
We give you our impression of the gauntlet run by the HMS Amethyst in her escape from the Communists down the Yangtze. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...