| HONG KONG Travelogue showing us both the traditional and modern sights of Hong Kong. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6082 |
| Catalog #: | 88301 | |
| Clip Number: | 88301-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 682 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:32 - 01:15:24 | |
| Location: | Hong Kong | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | FOOD: Misc FOOD/RESTAURANTS: Misc LOCATIONS/ASIA: Hong Kong RECREATION: Travel, Tourism, Sightseeing TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Traditional, Sampans | |
| Description: | L/S of the Hong Kong Hilton Hotel. MS Hilton Hotel - man playing cricket in FG. Several other skyscrapers. MLS Skyscrapers with Chinese neon lights. MLS Looking up skyscrapers. MS Building. CU Fountain. MS Fountain - pan up to show modern building. Beautiful L/Ss of a bay surrounded by mountains as commentator notes the similarity to Monte Carlo. LS Bay with number of sampans anchored. LS Beach with hotels in BG. Various beach shots at Repulse Bay; young locals bask on the beach with their transistor radios; western visitors frolic in the sea and stroll about in groovy gingham bikinis. CU Transistor radio on beach. MS Girl in bikini laying down. MS Crowd of people on beach. MLS People walking on beach with row of bathing rings in FG. MS Two girls and man playing in water. MS Girl strolling through water. MS People on beach. CU Arid ground - pan up to show people working in fields. Harvest time: people are seen threshing cut corn; walking barefoot over corn to dry it. Watering and ploughing paddy fields. LS Pipeline across river seperating Hong Kong from Red China. MS Man watering garden. MLS Ditto. MS Girl digging listening to radio. CU Girl. LS Man ad ox ploughing paddy field. Joss sticks are laid out to dry over bamboo canes. CU Man picks up handful of Joss sticks. MS Man laying out Joss sticks. CU Looking up at man laying sticks on rack. CU Man. MS Man laying sticks - pan l to r to show layers of sticks. In the harbour at Aberdeen, we see several shots of junks and sampans. MS Activity on quayside. MS Woman getting into sampan. MS Tracking through sampans. MS Two men working on sampan. People transporting produce in small boats. MS Woman rowing small boat. MS Seafood Palace. A huge floating seafood restaurant (or fishmongers?). A man selecting an exotic lobster. MS Live lobster being lifted out of tank. MS Man shows customer lobster. MS Magic Hour scene on beach at West Bay. At West Bay we see young people (some in kaftans) having a barbecue on the beach. CU Fire, people cooking food. MS Girl eating. MLS Barbecue. A man walks over with the lobster and holds it over the fire to cook. MS Cooking lobster. MS Offers lobster to girl. MLS Barbecue. Man and woman get up and walk off into dark. MS Burning fire. Several shots of neon signs advertising nightclubs and bars. The city streets at night. MS Tracking through neon lit streets of Wan Chai. MS Sign Playboy Club. MS Another sign. MS Sign Suzie Wong. MS Pussycat sign. MS Sign A Go Go. MLS Tracking through street. | |
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