These are very valuable and rare informative footage film shot showing the life of Hong Kong People in the late fifties Though limited by the low resolution of photographic equipment , Kodakcrome film was then the best fine movie film All these brings back Unforgettable Memories of my happy childhood. Grateful Thanks
Good music, Good vantage point & depicting the lives of the commons in those days. This was certainly a rare insight by extraordinary tourists. Thanks.
I was born in HK, but went to the UK to school; never went back to live. These shots were taken on my trips back to HK for holidays, so I was actually in my teens then. These clips are historical. I was always shooting movies.Thanks for you comments.
What a fabulous video clip - can't want to see Part 2 :D I knew both Kathy and John when I was growing up and both took piano lessons from my grandmother, Anna Nozadze. Wonderful to see Kathy on this film! Thanks so much for posting it :D
Thanks for your kind comments; it was usually difficult to film the ordinary Chinese folks and they were always very suspicious of the camera as they thought the camera and film would steal their souls. They were very impressed with my friend who accompanied me on these visits as they were amazed that a foreigner could speak such fluent Chinese, and that broke the ice. I still go around filming anything that I think could be historical.
insultantable Your work is beautiful! What a treasure to see this footage! How can I get in touch with you, I know someone who may be interested in gaining your permission to use some of your footage in a program they are working on. They would license it directly with you. Thank you!
Thank you for your generous complement, I was about 19 years old when I made the documentary, it is a good thing that Kodachrome has kept itscolour all these years. I'd be please to help out.
@@insultantable This is wonderful news, thank you! I'd like to continue this conversation via email, rather than on this youtube page. Can you send me your email address please on this page, and we can move over to email and begin the conversation about licensing via email. Thank you so much!! Julie
@@insultantable Hello, I would very much like to arrange for a license with you for permission to use some of your footage, can you please send me an email address so we can continue this conversation over email? If you prefer to set up a new email account just for this exchange, that is of course perfectly fine, then your private email will not be on this page. You also have the ability to delete comments from this page once we have been able to connect via email.
@@juliefinneran-augustyn5952 As I realise that this page can be seen by others I replied to you on your Facebook message with my email address, look there please.
0:13-0:16 Central District in 1955. 0:17-0:30 Central District in 1961. 0:52-1:05 Prince’s Building on Des Voeux Road Central in 1955. 1:08-1:16 Des Voeux Road Central near Ice House Street, Prince’s Building is on the left. 1:17-1:22 Queen's Road Central near Ice House Street looking west. 1:23-1:40 The building across the street was located at 9 Queen's Road Central. 1:41-1:52 Edinburgh Building, located at 11-13 Queen's Road Central. 1:53-1:58 Wyndham Street. 5:11-6:30 Aberdeen in 1961.
+Kim Shamash , Thanks for your comment, as you can see I was shooting videos quite early in my youth. At 1.30 minutes into the video my 2 sisters and their friend are seen crossing Queen's Road, my sisters are on the left. My father taught me all about photography and movie-making when I was at a very early age.The young blonde girl seen traveling with me is still very much in touch with me to-day. She was a great help as she could speak fluent Cantonese and still does.There are earlier videos of mine on my You Tube site showing us playing around in the countryside. We had a very privileged and wild childhood in Hong Kong. The world was such a safe place then.
These are very valuable and rare informative footage film shot showing the life of Hong Kong People in the late fifties
Though limited by the low resolution of
photographic equipment , Kodakcrome film was then the best fine movie film
All these brings back
Unforgettable Memories of my happy childhood.
Grateful Thanks
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for uploading! Because things have changed so much, this is an invaluable part of our history to be preserved through these films.
I found the street-tap that I always had a bath there about 50yrs ago at 6:05😅
Good music, Good vantage point & depicting the lives of the commons in those days. This was certainly a rare insight by extraordinary tourists. Thanks.
I was born in HK, but went to the UK to school; never went back to live. These shots were taken on my trips back to HK for holidays, so I was actually in my teens then. These clips are historical. I was always shooting movies.Thanks for you comments.
What a fabulous video clip - can't want to see Part 2 :D
I knew both Kathy and John when I was growing up and both took piano lessons from my grandmother, Anna Nozadze. Wonderful to see Kathy on this film! Thanks so much for posting it :D
+Nona Pio-Ulski Part 2 will have to wait, and might not be as interesting. Thanks for watching.
Most vivid depiction of hong kong in nostalgia 50s, images of people in central district were breathtaking
Thanks for your kind comments; it was usually difficult to film the ordinary Chinese folks and they were always very suspicious of the camera as they thought the camera and film would steal their souls. They were very impressed with my friend who accompanied me on these visits as they were amazed that a foreigner could speak such fluent Chinese, and that broke the ice. I still go around filming anything that I think could be historical.
insultantable Your work is beautiful! What a treasure to see this footage! How can I get in touch with you, I know someone who may be interested in gaining your permission to use some of your footage in a program they are working on. They would license it directly with you. Thank you!
Thank you for your generous complement, I was about 19 years old when I made the documentary, it is a good thing that Kodachrome has kept itscolour all these years. I'd be please to help out.
@@insultantable This is wonderful news, thank you! I'd like to continue this conversation via email, rather than on this youtube page. Can you send me your email address please on this page, and we can move over to email and begin the conversation about licensing via email. Thank you so much!! Julie
@@insultantable Hello, I would very much like to arrange for a license with you for permission to use some of your footage, can you please send me an email address so we can continue this conversation over email? If you prefer to set up a new email account just for this exchange, that is of course perfectly fine, then your private email will not be on this page. You also have the ability to delete comments from this page once we have been able to connect via email.
@@juliefinneran-augustyn5952 As I realise that this page can be seen by others I replied to you on your Facebook message with my email address, look there please.
@@juliefinneran-augustyn5952 fredto.roade@gmail.com
0:13-0:16 Central District in 1955.
0:17-0:30 Central District in 1961.
0:52-1:05 Prince’s Building on Des Voeux Road Central in 1955.
1:08-1:16 Des Voeux Road Central near Ice House Street, Prince’s Building is on the left.
1:17-1:22 Queen's Road Central near Ice House Street looking west.
1:23-1:40 The building across the street was located at 9 Queen's Road Central.
1:41-1:52 Edinburgh Building, located at 11-13 Queen's Road Central.
1:53-1:58 Wyndham Street.
5:11-6:30 Aberdeen in 1961.
thank you,. hk was so different then.
Delightful!
+Kim Shamash , Thanks for your comment, as you can see I was shooting videos quite early in my youth. At 1.30 minutes into the video my 2 sisters and their friend are seen crossing Queen's Road, my sisters are on the left. My father taught me all about photography and movie-making when I was at a very early age.The young blonde girl seen traveling with me is still very much in touch with me to-day. She was a great help as she could speak fluent Cantonese and still does.There are earlier videos of mine on my You Tube site showing us playing around in the countryside. We had a very privileged and wild childhood in Hong Kong. The world was such a safe place then.