Life was a lot tougher then but I remember people were honest, kind, polite and hardworking. If you left something behind anywhere, it would be waiting for you the next time round. Homes were unlocked or the doors & windows left open without fear of theft. Time seemed to stand still and I miss the slower pace when folks had time to chat and tell stories. It was a very different simple world then.
@gap9496 жыл бұрын
Hahaha not forgetting the "Bamboo Boys " !
@gap9496 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of the 50's in HK....I went back 3 years ago and saw where I lived as a child at Li Chi Kok Mobil oil port and depot....there were only two lovely houses Captain Amstrong and the Baillies now have a housing estate "Mei Foo" where there are over 80000 residents ! Wow !Thanks you for posting the films !
@CWL514 жыл бұрын
I am living in mei foo , nice to see your words
@chungtatshum65813 жыл бұрын
@@CWL51 lai chi kok amusmnt park
@chrisgay96236 жыл бұрын
These are wonderful films. Thanks for posting them. I lived in Hong Kong from 1988-98, though by the time I arrived much of the wonderful colonial architecture seen here was gone, replaced by the inevitable glass box. Some of the landmarks shown in this series, such as the old Bank of China building, are still there, however. The essence of the place, though, seems to have changed little between 1948 and 1988. Btw, for a great view of Hong Kong circa 1950, see "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing," especially the opening credits, filmed from a plane flying over Central. How quaint and low-rise HK was then.
@kokwah55175 жыл бұрын
Omg!!! Look at the colonial building from the start of the video to 50 seconds...... So sad!!! Such inspiration of architecture artistic ! The tower at the top and balconies! The figures at the wall (high rise bldg) near the top is totally stunning!!! Capitalists has no mercy for human artistic inspirational gifts!!!
@martyjovan3473 жыл бұрын
Most of your people have no empathy and conscience and will sell their moms for $$ Therefore I’m not surprised almost no colonial building are left in HK.
@lamlamchem13 жыл бұрын
The video clips are really precious. Thank you for uploading.
@knwong44584 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the precious videos. I grew up near the Ho Man Tin squatters in the 60s and still remember seeing the abandoned structures when I walked along Wylie Road and Princess Margaret Road.
@kennethcheung41819 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kindness and generosity. This has given us and the younger generation a chance to have a glimpse of the past, our history.
@chungtatshum65813 жыл бұрын
good o[d days
@Fabsurf1016 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great footage of films. I can really rely to the old Hk for I was born in 1951 over there.
@Fabsurf1016 жыл бұрын
I meant relate of course
@Fabsurf1016 жыл бұрын
Once again thank you these incredible footage.
@vikulya7811 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for uploading these precious videos! All the beautiful, beautiful buildings in Hong Kong....Gone now! I really want to cry when I see them in your clips...
@hlee29035 жыл бұрын
Precious recording in HD, lots of place undeveloped, hills with green, rivers etc. And, noticeably, the Cantonese is a bit different from today we speak. Professional photographer.
@mynameplussumnumbers5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! It is a priceless time capsule.
@funfunfun-o3g Жыл бұрын
They are great valueable. Thank you for uploading.
@SanjeevBalakrishnaN5 жыл бұрын
These footage are so precious & historic,that they must be using them to study urban developmental changes in HK. Happened to visit HK in 2004. Almost everything is changed,except off course,the Star Ferry service.
@JeffTheChef2312 жыл бұрын
@MichaelRogge Oh okay=) thanks for coming back to me anyway! I love your videos, thank you so much for this amazing insight in Hong Kong history.
@AF34505 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing!
@MrMilanoLau8 жыл бұрын
Very precious recording of old HK
@sfbluedevil85884 жыл бұрын
I was one year old in 1949 I still remember my childhood growing up in HK the 50'-60'. The good old days by 1966 we moved to San Francisco. I still try to visit HK as much as I can however the situation now is not the same old HK anymore. Stand with Hong Kong, CCP got to go.
@papabear90 Жыл бұрын
Lol in 1949 most of hk were peasents you want to go back to those times 😂
@daryltam10084 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@allanlee31606 жыл бұрын
I have been there before. In those years, people could make decent incomes working for foreign companies if they knew English, bookkeeping. and typing.
@thetooginator1535 жыл бұрын
It was interesting to see the American aircraft carrier in the harbor because my father was a lieutenant on the Lexington just a few years later (1956) and the ship docked in Hong Kong several times.
@fischman26-China2 жыл бұрын
Sweet. So much has changed over the years. I think I saw Ladder Street on Hong Kong Island! I have a painting of Ladder Street. Hope to return soon for more videos to post.
@scottprendergast921910 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful race and culture you have there .good honest hardworking folks
@ladycharsw3 жыл бұрын
I always liked your clips in black and white and in color and always watch . Sorry about your collegues. They look young in picture. Hope you are well 🙏❤🙋 State of Oregon
@silviochan896 жыл бұрын
those were the days……my Hongkong
@calbeecuck5595 жыл бұрын
Silvio Chan shut the fuck up
@mrgod51394 жыл бұрын
Sorry no more
@CWL514 жыл бұрын
Had you ever really lived in the 50s hong kong?wow
@philipjh67893 жыл бұрын
@@CWL51 maybe because ppl can identify more with 1950s' hong kong than the present hong kong.
@warrenpaine Жыл бұрын
This is the closest thing we have to time traveling.
@mayitbe66065 жыл бұрын
You were such a handsome man!!
@JeffTheChef2312 жыл бұрын
hi Michael could you tell me what kind of beautiful music this is at the ending? (e.g. at 8:00 min) thank you very much!
@Felatelist11 жыл бұрын
One of the many US, British or Aussie navy vessels that looked forward to R&R (Rest & Recreation) weekend stops in Hong Kong when the bars & night clubs in Wan Chai would welcome them with open arms. The ships even had their own police to keep an eye on the sailor boys in shore.
@hansvanmunster801811 жыл бұрын
Deze beelden zijn meer dan 60 jaar oud... Leuk dat zij nog zo mooi te zien zijn.Veel van de mensen die er op staan zullen niet meer in leven zijn....
@gardensofthegods5 жыл бұрын
I remember looking at these about 6 years ago and now I am back .... does anyone know if the tiger Pagoda is still there or if it was torn down to make way for new buildings...at 5:40 .
@TP-yj6xd2 жыл бұрын
Haw Par Villa was no longer there(make way for new building). Fortunately the Tiger Pagoda is still there.
@美美-r6w3 жыл бұрын
拍得好好,👏👏我好鍾意睇舊時嘅香港,最好要寫埋每個香港嘅地方名,現在有D睇唔明.
@mandikwok Жыл бұрын
Sir, Thank you so much make me back to 1951 & 1989 of hk
@williamhill87284 жыл бұрын
This is the time I was there operator of wireless on the peak and taking messages from Singapore and sending to UK
@coolcool92046 жыл бұрын
wow, time flies...... the houses built on the downhill at around 2:36 are worth at least 5 billions HK dollars now if they are still conserved there I wonder.
@outhere010113 жыл бұрын
Too sad to see only the old Bank of China Building and the St. John's Cathedral remains the same. Most other buildings are long gone. I especially like your capture of daily life in Hong Kong, no matter western or Chinese. You may also add "Pok Fu Lam Reservoir", "street market" and "Tiger Balm Gardens" in your tags.
@beowulf1312 Жыл бұрын
Lots recognisable to me but many buildings now replaced.
@ilricettario8 жыл бұрын
Thank you Michael "Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?"
@michaelijsbrand8 жыл бұрын
+ilricettario I have embedded what I studied on my website Man and the Unknown.wichm.home.xs4all.nl/
@sammyleung8 жыл бұрын
Hi MichaelRogge, thank you so much for giving back our history!!! very good!!!
@freewillhongkong2 жыл бұрын
so beautiful🙂
@火雲邪神-g6s11 жыл бұрын
thanks..感情,
@afzumohammed27995 жыл бұрын
How old are u sir now?
@鶴帥3 жыл бұрын
about 88-95years
@Leicourt2 ай бұрын
Those were the days Gweilos (foreigners) and local Chinese lived completely separate lives..
@TheKahfoh008 жыл бұрын
May I know what are the names of the music from 0:10-0:30 and from 1:07-3:05 ?
@whling19659 жыл бұрын
好真貴。
@luciayu46793 жыл бұрын
Who’s watching this video with me today? Feb;4 2021 during the Covid-19
@tommylam4606 жыл бұрын
WOW!!
@halukkavas20736 жыл бұрын
is your hong kong on island or on mainland
@prospers47846 жыл бұрын
Mr.Rogge seems to know some Chinese words! 你在香港的生活
@michaelijsbrand12 жыл бұрын
@JeffTheChef23 Sorry, I forgot
@klippiesss6 жыл бұрын
My dream to live I HK
@koko204676 жыл бұрын
Come and stay one week. If you like hiking, come in autumn or winter before Christmas.
@herculesrockerfeller41364 жыл бұрын
YMM Y Dragons back trail in November was great 👌
@ziwang20574 жыл бұрын
那时的香港人民比现在幸福
@destroyedgaga4947 Жыл бұрын
My dad said he had to sleep in the toilet during the war
@@美美-r6w @美美 打 Hong Kong 1949 strolling from midlevel to downtown, 好似喺尼條片
@michaelijsbrand11 жыл бұрын
Practisch al mijn collega's uit die tijd zijn gestorven, helaas.
@xiongmatt2 жыл бұрын
Looks like this guy live a lavish lifestyle off the poor peoples.
@mikeleung85085 жыл бұрын
The Japanese old school music doesn't fit the video. This is Hong Kong, not Japan.
@scoooter783 жыл бұрын
Maybe link him some music you prefer. Or download and redub it. He's offered it for free, and it provides an amazing glimpse of the past, so I'd take it even with a thumping techno soundtrack.