| WATER FAMINE Footage of new reservoir being built on Lantau Island for Hong Kong. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5906 |
| Catalog #: | 33972 | |
| Clip Number: | 33972-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 62/49 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:32 - 01:34:58 | |
| Location: | Hong Kong | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Reservoirs & Waterworks DISASTERS: Drought ENGINEERING: Reservoirs & Waterworks LOCATIONS/ASIA: Hong Kong | |
| Description: | WATER FAMINE Footage of new reservoir being built on Lantau Island for Hong Kong. Hong Kong. L/S resettlement estate in Hong Kong. M/S A crowded streets in the estate. L/S People crowded round communal water tap. M/S Water pouring into buckets and improvised cans. L/S People crowded round the taps. C/U Water running into cans. L/S A dried up reservoir. C/U Tiny trickle of water running into the reservoir. L/S Elevated. Reservoir sedimentation tank under construction. L/S A barge laying pipe line to carry water from Lantau Island to Hong Kong island. L/S The pipes being lowered into the water. Top shot ditto. L/S Cans lined up by tap in the road. M/S Cans pan up to show women gathered round tap filling their cans. C/U A woman filling a can. M/S Pan two small children pushing a trolley along loaded with cans of water alongside the harbor which is packed with junks. M/S A woman washing a baby in a bowl. C/U The baby being washed down with harbor water. L/S Two small boys splashing around in the water. M/S Children on their way home from school carrying cans of water pan up to a L/S of the crowded harbor. | |
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