| FROM SANPANS INTO FLATS Residents of houseboats are moved into blocks of flats in Hong Kong. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5901 | |
| Catalog #: | 24678 | |
| Clip Number: | 24678-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 62/8 | |
| Timecode: | 01:02:55 - 01:04:46 | |
| Location: | Hong Kong | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Apartments/Flats CITY PLANNING: Housing ECONOMICS: Poverty LOCATIONS/ASIA: Hong Kong TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Traditional, Sampans | |
| Description: | FROM SANPANS INTO FLATS Residents of houseboats are moved into blocks of flats in Hong Kong. Hong Kong. L/S town of Tsuen Wan: showing boat slums and new apartment buildings. L/S mass of sanpans (sampan) (traditional wooden houseboats) on river. Various shots people on sanpans. Various shots people moving belongings from sanpans. The people are helped into trucks which will take them to their new homes. CU of children. L/S of the new block of apartments where the squatters will be housed. Various shots of trucks arriving in front of the new buildings. Various shots of sanpan inhabitants and their belongings being unloaded onto pavement in front of apartments. Various shots of sanpan inhabitants moving into apartments (facilities look pretty basic). Angle shot of Chinese woman hanging out washing on balcony. M/S woman on balcony and two small children in doorway. Various shots of officials from the resettlement department measuring an old sanpan before it is destroyed. Various shots of men smashing up sanpans for firewood while their former owners watch. C/U of cute Asian child standing among displaced belongings. C/U man bundling up bits of sanpan for firewood. C/U small child. M/S people watching sanpans being smashed up. C/U small child crying in doorway of new home. | |
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