Fabulous Hong Kong in the 80s | HD Footage

Hong Kong scenes of daily life in the 80s in 1080p. 35mm restored footage: Some of these clips are from real daily life, some are from documentaries and others are from movies, but they show the reality of the country at that time as our Chinese distributor partners confirm.
This licensed project aims to bring back the nostalgia of bygone eras through digital documents restored in high definition. Digital Ethnology for a Global World.
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[@rnav36]

This brings tears to my eyes. I grew up in this glorious era of HK. This was the time when Hong Kong truly flexed its muscle, where people prospered not only financially but also socially with pride in their identity.

[@DragonPop64]

what is the spirit of Hong Kong , and can it be channeled yet again? I think so. for what is it that really made Hong Kong , Hong Kong ? Its the spirit..that unseen aspect. will you embody this spirit?

[@mayen3353]

I'm a fan of Hong Kong films from the 80s and 90s, the vibes are extraordinary, the Hong Kong actors who really hit the fans are Stephen Chow and Andy Lau. Hong Kong in those years was Hong Kong, different from China, but now Hong Kong is part of China. This is precisely what made Hong Kong so iconic in the 80-90s✨

[@ThomasCheung-yy1oq]

You don't know how poor we were in this 'glorious era'. It might true only for those British or the rich. But we did show you how strong and tough we were.

[@AgakAgakEngineer]

Also the era where Cantonese supremacists in HK culturally genocided Mandarin and other dialects in HK People forget that HK in the 50s and 60s comprised of people from all over China, and other dialects like Teochew and Hokkien were spoken very commonly but have more or less disappeared today

[@喜多川擴]

Now HK became just one typical city of communist China All unique characteristic of this attractive city all have been lost now So sad even i'm a foreigner

[@tongtong168]

I was so so so fortunate to be able to grow up and live through the entire 80s as I was born at the end of 79. My family is not rich but not poor, just ok. I got to experience everything there were culturally, and economically as everyone worked hard. I experienced the traditional side of HK while I also understand the Chinese tradition. And with the best music, movies and TV shows are all produced in the era, you are never bored. I so missed my time growing up despite the pressure from school. Thank you HK for everything that makes me of who I am.

[@clifford4393]

ditto!

[@Rachelchel35]

You are so lucky! I was born in the 90s and wish to be able to experience hk in the 80s...

[@ChieflauNYC]

Amen brother. Same here. What a golden era we lived through.

[@rnav36]

Indeed! Everyone who lived through that era of Hong Kong would tell you how much they miss those days. Nobody was forced to do anything, and nothing could stop you from doing anything. We all willingly worked hard together to make Hong Kong a better place, without any regret. There was an opportunity for you regardless of your background, and we did not feel oppressed at all, even though it was a colonized city. We built up this strong sense of caring for the community, which is now slowly shifting to a hostile environment. It's unfortunate to see how times have changed, and we can do nothing about it but to stay silent and accept.

[@abc123-c7p]

All Korean boys and girls love Hong Kong movie stars in 80s. They are still big brothers and sisters in our hearts.

[@kentTong5354]

Life in Hong Kong in the 1980s was characterized by a rapidly growing economy and population. Hong Kong was a British colony. The city was a major center of international trade and finance, and many people came to live and work there.The past can only be remembered.

[@lowpower2525]

あんなにも素晴らしかった"香港映画"の文化も消えたのですね…トニー・レオン、フェイ・ウォン、金城武らの出演していた恋する惑星、 あんなに輝いていた香港がもう二度と見れないと思うと涙が出てます。

[@petirgarda1005]

Don't forget Anita Mui, Maggie Cheung, Stephen Chow, Jackie Chan, and Andy Lau. They're also the highlights of 80s Hong Kong movies. I, too, will forever miss the 80s nuance of Hong Kong movies.

[@desmond1935]

Wong Ka kui as well. Beyond is the legend of Hong Kong

[@leolaw624]

As a teenager in Hong Kong, I’m jealous of how great Hong Kong was before. So attractive. People were so happy.

[@Elena-ol8sw]

I enjoyed it so much, thank you! Great vibe and aesthetic 😍

[@AkanselCengiz]

Everybody who is grown up with Hong Kong Martial Arts Movies from the 70s till the 90s would love this Video much. I think after HK was given back to China and Macau too they are lost his special unique character.

[@-OldTaiwanMusic-iv4ru]

璀璨的80年代香港，高清影像帶您穿越時光隧道，美不勝收！必看的經典回憶！

[@amielspencerborejon1309]

Hong Kong back then was like the Hollywood of Asia. Probably 80's and 90's were the peak of it. We used to watch Hong Kong movies from time to time in our VHS back then. Action movies, Kungfu, Love stories even the Adult vids 😂😂 😂 you name it. I miss watching some of Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Stephen Chow movies. Time flies and Indonesia action movies started to boom and KDrama and KMovies improved a lot too and now they are dominating the market. CDramas and CMovies aren't that popular as of now but they are starting to climb the ladder. Time flies so fast 😅.

[@blockraven22]

Some of the best movies imo was from 80s Hong Kong. Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Stephen Chow, Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Jet Li and even Bloodsport. As a 90s kid I always remember how powerful the Hong Kong scene was. It doesnt seem to be the same or maybe i'm just out of touch.

[@amielspencerborejon1309]

@@blockraven22 And they produced a lot of good actors/actress too I just forgot their name. Hong Kong doesn't produce much Drama and Movies anymore. It's now on Mainland China. The problem with it is that they are trying too hard to be like Hollywood and lost the touch of classic HK movie. They even focus now on looks than acting skills.

[@shadowfilm7980]

The 80’s was the best time period anywhere in the world. To me. So happy I lived during the 80’s. Love HK. First went there in the 90’s. Then ended up living there. In HK Island. Central. Miss it so much. My favorite city in Asia! So much vibrant energy. Not a dull moment. Great nightlife too. The best I have ever experienced.

[@Zach_Bloomquist]

This was like the cherry on top of a relaxing evening after a long hard work week. Thank you so much for these windows into the past wrapped with wonderful music and aesthetic. The atmosphere is so appreciated. Thank you.

[@SozzProduc]

This is so beautifull!!!!

[@toomuchtales]

Your editing skills are truly amazing. Once I start watching a video, I can't take my eyes off it. It brings back the same nostalgic feeling I had when I visited Hong Kong in the 90s.

[@crozraven]

Hong Kong in the 80s actually what inspired a whole genre visual for "cyberpunk" aesthetic. Both Blade Runner & GiTS has directed visual comparisons with Hong Kong Market streets, Monster Building, etc.

[@adnyc82]

I believe it inspired William Gibson as well, along with Japan

[@williamho7393]

Loved HK in the 80s, the golden age of music, movies and the rising young actors!

[@sebastianniqvist3144]

This video is actually quite sad… those were the days of Hong Kong…. You never know how good things are until their are truly gone.

[@josiah566]

Maggie Cheung and Cherie Chung were absolutely unstoppable icons in these years.

[@dennisvera-munoz6417]

The women running with a blue suite is she also an actor ? She’s beautiful

[@aidanchiu2195]

This film makes me feel nostalgic for some reason even though I am not born in that era. Now I am jealous of my parents and grandparents who have experienced the golden era of Hong Kong. And I was also surprised by the progress the city has made since then, I cannot even imagine the change my parents went through. The city looks completely different from what it used to look like in only 40 years. You don't see that often. Truly the (used to be) Pearl of the East.

[@bluephoenix8470]

That was the time to be there as a young man. With a little luck - and some basic sales skills - you could make a fortune from nothing and also find the love of your life. Alas, the days when anyone could become the next Taipan are gone forever. Miss you James Clavell!

[@zhurhonji]

This is really well done! Feeling a bit nostalgic…

[@cycling.guitarist]

Time in a bottle. Well documented, brings back so many memories. Thank you !

[@polepino]

i was there in 1988 as a kid for a few days with my family, my dad was a US diplomat and we were on vacation visiting a family friend, good times

[@kylebhiro7057]

Your videos like this are so breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you for this.

[@beyblade0412]

Can someone please identify the movies that were used for this video? Thank you.

[@Komodoensis]

Magical 😎 So happy your channel showed up in my feed.

[@Alex_Christin]

I love this channel.

[@creativepicnl]

Brilliant! Such a vibe! I loved HK when I visited in ‘17. Hope that I get to experience it again sometime..❤

[@creativepicnl]

@@mrfairact8662 lol serious question?

[@huntrrams]

Same visited Hong Kong in 2017 and loved that city

[@kng2003ca]

yeah, just don't talk about the governments, don't wear black t shirts and you probably will be fine.

[@strictlyyoutube6881]

Im going to have to save this as there is a lot to unpack. The aesthetic is off the charts.

[@Trivaea]

I love it, we've now gained time travel ❤

[@thundarrbarbarian9909]

The 1980s how I remember them so well❤So wonderfully 80s and HK❤ But its all gone now😢

[@santosakowski9846]

Cherish every moment, because as these videos verify, time changes everything, and we can never go back. This is our time, everyone living today, and it shall not be repeated.

[@patrickvaughan432]

Made me shed a tear, or two or three. I wish I could have experienced this piece of heaven. Alas. Gone forever. But never forgotten....

[@luketien928]

This is such a lovely look back at that age in Hong Kong 😊 The interspersed movie clips add a very nice touch.

[@CasaFassa]

great thumbnail! I really like the 80's, too! Very interesting to see the 80's aesthetic in Asia.

[@asirus]

Thanks for the sweet nostalgia!! 🥰

[@luskusandrew]

Love these videos - thank you.

[@twan5030]

Thanks for the great film. There is some footage which I believed may be filmed in the 70s.

[@aeroAdvocate]

Time machine please. I want these 40 years back!

[@davidyuen42]

You can ask doraemon!!!!!!

[@Yunyou-q9n]

最有價值的社會就是能夠給每個人以希望！

[@wkl747]

Those were the good/sad days that I missed in Hong Kong while I was pursuing education, raising family and establishing my career in United States. Thank you for sharing.

[@annvong1579]

I missed those days in HK. It was always a busy life. From the morning till nite , you were always have fun. Lovely and beautiful HK will never forget where I grew up.

[@yanolam1946]

最美時光，每個畫面都滿載回憶，配樂又正

[@namchebazaarrecords4656]

Beautiful video and music.I love Hong Kong. I hope that peace and freedom will return to Hong Kong.

[@chowing08231]

such a quality......it's like you just went back and filmed all these footages

[@manchuriancandybar864]

Fabuleux.

[@p.morgan4084]

I went to visit Hong Kong from France with my parents in 1982 on our way to New Caledonia, pity I was only 6 months old 😀 I had wavy blond hair and my mom told me the Chinese ladies found me cute 🙂

[@cambo123451]

Lived in Kowloon,Sunderland Rd, time of my life. Commuted between Sydney and Hong Kong, two of the great cities of the "Eighties." "Magic" times.

[@Adam-ei5it]

Aren't you sad that time is passing too quick and life is very short. These school children must be grand pas now. These actor and actresses who looks so thin and beautiful must be grand mas now or passed away. It's beautiful but this video makes me want to cry. There are so many things to enjoy on this planet and so little time to do it all. Every 100 years people all the people of the planet who were born 100 years ago die and is replaced by a brand new population. It's like there we are loving on a different planet from people who are born 100 later because we will never meet them and never know what they think, how they live. All we can do is living the fullest stop making wars and fighting for useless things. Just love each other because we will all end up the same way.

[@dys347w]

一個未開化的傳統社會走向現代文明時，中西文化交融如此的富有生命力和精彩。 在台灣和現在的中國都見不到..

[@Duw]

2:00 Chinese people sun bathing amazing, nowadays they even wear full face masks on beach trying to keep the skin tone lightest as possible, how things change...

[@am99__]

This makes me sentimental 等我們 GenZ 都變老以後，還能不能從影片中找回那屬於我們的2000/2010年的童年

[@carlyreijepsen]

Loved this! Hoping for a list of the clips used, especially the movies, if possible. 🙌

[@lemonlovestea]

gosh i truly miss this era of Hong Kong even tho i wasn't even born yet in the 80s!!🥲

[@flingy]

What a beautiful city, I love HK from the 80's

[@danmills2932]

I loved and dreamed about this place in the 80's

[@Freakangel0000]

Thank you ! May we have the titles of the HK movies you used ? they seems awesome

[@OldMoneyLover]

Welcome to this side of KZbin

[@Sublunary21]

La ciudad de Fallen angels, algun dia te conoceré..

[@Howtoeverything10159]

does anybody know the name of the movie clips shown here

[@TheLeesimms]

Lived it, loved it!

[@Akibatai00]

This is the HK I remember and love. We were prosperous, hopeful, confident, and outward-facing toward the world, always putting our best foot forward. Not anymore....

[@COOLKIDZ-i3o]

이 시절에 한번 살아보고싶다

[@boroqouqouc]

I grew up watching 80s HK movies during my childhood, in my personal opinion the 80s was the golden era for HK, especially for its film industry

[@tommytt3072]

回憶總是美好，香港依然可愛

[@CWL51]

They were all very lucky to live in the 80s of hk

[@niedrzyjsietak]

what are the source materials?

[@ZalAndo-i4l]

Give me so nostalgic feelings

[@PrinceChaloner]

When Hong Kong was Free....

[@antihypocrisy8978]

So HK people elected the UK governor for HK? Or HK people elected a lot of seats in LEGCO? I didn't know that!? Please show me evidence kiddo.

[@CannibaLouiST]

@@antihypocrisy8978 at least i didnt get fined for not wearing a mask by any royal hk cop

[@Floridarollin]

@@antihypocrisy8978 Braindead. How many HK politicians/journalists have been ripped out of their homes, jobs or jailed since 2019. Bootlick authoritarianism harder, it's not freedom

[@SamiConstantinides-xv3zq]

Her fabulous location is very important in their love story. absolutely serene and inspiring to her cause that's where they met. M. *for Team Wang Art. Respectfully.

[@nickafanasyev6550]

Why do I feel so much nostalgia for a place I have never been in the time I wasn’t yet born

[@Hawa_Chapal]

I don't know.

[@johnj.kalachuchi6495]

If you have been there, and fell in love with the place. It natural to want more from it, to experience the beauty of it through different time /eras. I went to Hongkong and Macao the first time way back in 2007. I fell in love with the place. After that, I made several trips from then to now. (The beauty of the people, their culture and the western culture that they adopted. as well). Watching this video made me realized yes I missed the Golden Age of Hongkong. (Probably that was in the 80s to the mid 90s) where in modernity, western influences and asian culture were in at its peak of equilibrium. When I arrived there some of the Cultural traditions no longer existed. I envy those who experienced living in there in that moment in time.

[@fanvanessa]

無論以80年代或現在審美覺度去看~鐘楚紅實在太美了

[@fanvanessa]

如你拿著相機在80年代的香港隨便在街上拍個照片~也可成為一張很有格調的作品、可惜現在香港只剩下一個虛殼~是沒有靈魂的城市.

[@tbaproductions123]

A few scenes from city on fire. Dope film

[@timoc5880]

Born in 1984. Still remember when I was 4 or 5 years old when I first step foot on the central district, the Bank of China tower were still under construction. How time pass. 80s the glorious day.

[@IlIIIllIlIllllIlIlll]

낭만있고 아름답네. 중간에 영웅본색 장면도 보이는 것 같고.

[@milowhittle5579]

Hi can I ask from which documentary/film was the shot at 50 seconds taken from?

[@ztgogogo284]

有沒有人知道0:46的畫面是什麼電影

[@williamchen1997]

1980s was the golden era of East Asian countries, arising from the ashes to the path of becoming developed nations as we are witnessing now. China opened its doors in 1978 leading to market economic reform, Japan enjoying its unstoppable economic boom and S. Korea on the successful road to Democracy.

[@livliv2384]

Not really. Hong Kong was the only East Asia country that golden era. South Korea and Japan were not popular.

[@mimictt]

0:31 that's how they peeled bananas in Hong Kong in the 80s?

[@FakYuhGoogel]

Would you mind sharing some of the movie titles?

[@村上昌隆-y9q]

この時代の香港は良かったね。活気があった。

[@misterbig9025]

I love category III movies from Hong Kong. My favourite actress was Amy Yip

[@明明-p4w]

00:43 so nostalgic scene, what's the movie's name？love it.

[@jihojio2118]

할 수만 있다면 80년대 홍콩에서 살아 보고 싶다.

[@KeithHiew]

This is so so nostalgic.

[@rafinasrullah8533]

How much is time machine?

[@不可磨滅的旋律]

80年代的香港瑰麗風采 | 高清片段。

[@DeanHarringtonimages]

Hong Kong in the 80s was one of the jewels on the planet... only those lucky enough to have lived there understand!

[@briancheung5576]

0:33, Could the guy get the hint from the woman?

[@GabrielTindall]

Man, I have to get outside of the USA one of these days

[@JJ-yl9yg]

Hong Kong was special and different once upon a time

[@JULTULA]

Excellent!

[@peterhau1219]

Very good!

[@luketien928]

There’s a big mall called the Windsor House now, isn’t there? It had a different name back in the 80s? What was it called, was it the Duke of Windsor House or Building or something like that? Does anybody know? I’m doing some research of back-in-the-day. Thanks much!

[@ivanb8126]

The peak of humanity: the 80s

[@kwokchuchung7312]

The Golden Age of Hong Kong !

[@kyodonewsagency1182]

Golden age of HK cinema industry. But wrong bgm.

[@mijaroprime9509]

For those who came for the thumbnail here it is 2:40

[@DarrylGonzales]

​@@garrusvakarian8709same question

[@海角七號-Den]

寧願回到那時的東方之珠捱窮，也不願活在現在這個臭港😢

[@muifongkiu6543]

I am grow up in 80s Hong Kong👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Looks a great time to grow up there!