HONG KONG as I saw it in 1949

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  • Опубліковано 7 сер 2013
  • When I arrived in Hong Kong from the Netherlands, the British colony was still recovering from the war. It had 2 million inhabitants. Huge numbers of refugees came pouring in from China. This is a documentary film showing what the British colony looked like then. For my personal impressions see my other clips of old Hong Kong or my other 1200 clips by searching UA-cam with 'michael rogge'
    Website 'Man and the Unknown' wichm.home.xs4all.nl/

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  • @michaelijsbrand
    @michaelijsbrand  11 років тому +2837

    Well, I have 160 clips of old HK on YT, so you can view them to your heart's delight !

    • @vortex162
      @vortex162 4 роки тому +63

      MichaelRogge thank you for sharing these Gems Sir!!

    • @kntwing23
      @kntwing23 4 роки тому +14

      bet u had a chinese girlfriend or a ex wife?

    • @Pram4
      @Pram4 4 роки тому +10

      Thx man, this is rare footage

    • @antonkider7360
      @antonkider7360 4 роки тому +3

      And Mao just got power in the rest of continental China

    • @88hyperman
      @88hyperman 4 роки тому +3

      Thanks for this piece of history.

  • @bardo0007
    @bardo0007 2 місяці тому +8

    RIP Michael Rogge (1929-2024) , and thank you for the memories from the past thanks to your camera work. We will all miss you.

    • @HphpHphp-rx1sz
      @HphpHphp-rx1sz 2 місяці тому

      😳R.I.P
      Mr.Micheal's videos bring us much memories. Thank you so much❤ We miss you.

    • @MeiinUK
      @MeiinUK Місяць тому

      When did he passed away ???...... Oh no....

    • @HphpHphp-rx1sz
      @HphpHphp-rx1sz Місяць тому +1

      @MeiinUK it is regret that on 2024 January, maybe you can check on net.

  • @nataliemendelsohn1317
    @nataliemendelsohn1317 4 роки тому +1734

    Can't believe such a high quality footage of Hong Kong from 1949 still exists.

    • @brrjohnson8131
      @brrjohnson8131 4 роки тому +61

      This must've been a recorded using a professional camera. There's 8mm footage of me as a little kid & it's potato quality compared to this.

    • @cheechee6473
      @cheechee6473 4 роки тому +1

      brr johnson Yeah some news/movie producer or something filmed this lmao

    • @brrjohnson8131
      @brrjohnson8131 4 роки тому +9

      Somewhere he states this was recorded using 16 mm. That was high tech for the times.

    • @nataliemendelsohn1317
      @nataliemendelsohn1317 4 роки тому +7

      @@brrjohnson8131 It must be so, because the film quality is outstanding. Thank you for your additional information regarding this.

    • @waluigi3515
      @waluigi3515 4 роки тому +1

      It might be a remake of the old film, not all films from back then could actually make it so it might just be a remake

  • @subswithoutvids-dw6dv
    @subswithoutvids-dw6dv 4 роки тому +521

    When Bruce Lee was 9 yrs old.

    • @yungalpi
      @yungalpi 4 роки тому +8

      人參剩粒祖 underrated comment...

    • @Evilpricetag
      @Evilpricetag 4 роки тому

      Oh that American.

    • @webdev8284
      @webdev8284 4 роки тому +9

      *When Bruce Lee was one of the 9 year olds.

    • @abbad707
      @abbad707 4 роки тому

      Yeah

    • @abbad707
      @abbad707 4 роки тому

      @@webdev8284 lmaooo

  • @michaelijsbrand
    @michaelijsbrand  10 років тому +2436

    I worked in a Dutch bank financing imports and exports.

    • @terrenceescarda8951
      @terrenceescarda8951 4 роки тому +19

      are there any british soldiers there?

    • @karlopoons3541
      @karlopoons3541 4 роки тому +18

      How old were you here

    • @jackcheung4301
      @jackcheung4301 4 роки тому +11

      But Hong Kong has been a mess, tons of protests.

    • @vcli1
      @vcli1 4 роки тому +51

      I'm so grateful you shared your footage Michael. My parents were born in HK a few years after this was filmed and this gives me a great perspective of how live was back then. It's also helped me better understand the affinity they have for the city and the pain they feel witnessing the current protests. The late 1940s must have been a very interesting time to live in Hong Kong, seeing and being part of the growth and the positive changes happening at the time. Thank you for letting me be part of it through your films!

    • @ahkiii_
      @ahkiii_ 4 роки тому +9

      Thank you for your precious videos of my city🙏🏻

  • @wtam69
    @wtam69 10 років тому +2646

    Your videos on Hong Kong are great historical documents and will be viewed and treasured.

    • @TheVideomaker2341
      @TheVideomaker2341 4 роки тому +11

      Vladimir Putin WTF, WHY WOULD YOU REPLY TO A 5 YEAR OLD COMMENT THAT WASNT REPLIED OF ITS 5 YEARS OF EXISTENCE???!!!! THANKS A LOT FOR RUINING IT!!!!

    • @given-namesurname5740
      @given-namesurname5740 4 роки тому +6

      @@TheVideomaker2341 why not?

    • @GDRAFPilot_
      @GDRAFPilot_ 4 роки тому +7

      @TheVideomaker2341 Thanks for ruining the compliment

    • @prod.murmur
      @prod.murmur 4 роки тому +6

      TheVideomaker2341 you ruined it lol

    • @luchi6534
      @luchi6534 4 роки тому

      no

  • @theboredprogrammer1114
    @theboredprogrammer1114 4 роки тому +1417

    Idk why this is in my recommendations but you, man are the OG Vlogger!!!

    • @javierstrive3356
      @javierstrive3356 4 роки тому +4

      Never Heard That

    • @javierstrive3356
      @javierstrive3356 4 роки тому +30

      Vlogging Before 50s

    • @noidea8710
      @noidea8710 4 роки тому

      Because of the great Hong Kong revolution

    • @yobitchcantfindme5288
      @yobitchcantfindme5288 4 роки тому +3

      @@noidea8710 Great? I​ don't​ think​ it​ should​ happens​ in​ the​ first​ place​ the​ revolution​ make​ them​ getting​ worst​ and​ worst​ the​ Chinese​ Gorv.​ gonna​ starving them​ to​ dead​ if​ they​ didn't​ stop​ it​ either​ side.​ Since​ i'm​ just​ a​ citizen of​ South​east​ Asia​ so​ i'll​ not​ support​ any​ side​ i​ just​ hope​ that​ it​ will​ end​ up​ peacefully with​out​ death​ body​ :V​
      Being​ one​ of​ the​ China​ state isn't​ bad​ at​ all​ ( i​ think?​ )​ the​ commies doesn't​ even​ exists​ now​ since​ the​ fall​ of​ Soviet​ Union​ so​ i​ think​ they​ should​ be​ one​ with​ the​ China​ just​ like​ the​ old​ old​ old​ days.

    • @kimmy620
      @kimmy620 4 роки тому +4

      @@yobitchcantfindme5288 commie spotted

  • @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978
    @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978 4 роки тому +462

    "The city was over crowded and the rents sky high"
    Boy oh boy... If he hears the rent of HK in 2019, he'll have a cardiac arrest.

  • @alongthebluff
    @alongthebluff 9 років тому +2324

    Just want to say you looks handsome!

    • @stellaslkwan
      @stellaslkwan 6 років тому +141

      I agreed. One handsome gentleman indeed. And thank you for show us this precious video of Hong Kong.

    • @erbaigg1094
      @erbaigg1094 4 роки тому +36

      And your smile is warm n cute

    • @TheVideomaker2341
      @TheVideomaker2341 4 роки тому +3

      Erbai Gg WTF, WHY WOULD YOU REPLY A 4 YEAR OLD COMMENT THAT WAS LAST REPLIED A YEAR AGO??!!!

    • @rovshanbagirov4653
      @rovshanbagirov4653 4 роки тому +16

      @@TheVideomaker2341 Same question is going to you)) There should be something that made us to look into this old, but interesting stuff now))

    • @joshephand5538
      @joshephand5538 4 роки тому +10

      He probably dated lots of Chinese girls back then

  • @Ken-S
    @Ken-S 4 роки тому +2774

    This haircut style still looks trendy.

    • @manit77
      @manit77 4 роки тому +55

      B. Water bell bottoms are coming back. The same styles fade in and out.

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 4 роки тому +24

      @@manit77 : Good reddens to that baggy ass look in men's pants, with your crotch down to your knees. Damn, I've hated that look with a passion, for over twenty, odd, years now.
      Men looked a hell of a lot better in the forties and fifties than they do today.
      My Best. Out.

    • @bartbliek469
      @bartbliek469 4 роки тому +31

      Dutch person here, this haircut has been mandatory for all men between the ages of 12 and 35 for atleast 100 years

    • @SalTarvitz
      @SalTarvitz 4 роки тому +16

      @@ivanj.conway9919 Maybe it's time for you to pass on ? Seems like you have been alive too long.

    • @ivanj.conway9919
      @ivanj.conway9919 4 роки тому +7

      @@SalTarvitz : And how old are you to make such a remark?
      Am I out of place in this day and age? You're damn, friggen, right I am. But I'm not as old as you might think I am. I'm merely, sickened by practically, everything that is popular, currently, that's all.
      Don't worry child, your day will come too, when you'll have some snot saying the same thing to you. Out.

  • @keyser1989
    @keyser1989 4 роки тому +1368

    Nobody:
    UA-cam: Hey!! Do you wanna see what Hong Kong looked like in 1949?
    Me: Hell yeah. It's just 3 in the morning.

    • @ireneuszpyc6684
      @ireneuszpyc6684 4 роки тому +14

      you probably watched history videos lately, so UA-cam algorithm suggested you another one

    • @lisaishere0919
      @lisaishere0919 4 роки тому +29

      Ireneusz Pyc too much hk protest news leads me here

    • @Kremlinbot-mz1cm
      @Kremlinbot-mz1cm 4 роки тому

      Yes.

    • @75548305
      @75548305 4 роки тому +4

      hey! you want to see hong kong in 2019?

    • @sundreary
      @sundreary 4 роки тому +1

      i live here so that's a fair suggestion lmao

  • @cc9907
    @cc9907 6 місяців тому +3

    Thank you for all these beautiful old British Hong Kong memories. Mr. Rogge RIP

  • @linwong1494
    @linwong1494 4 роки тому +274

    Might just be sentimentality, but I feel a spiritual connection when seeing these old videos of my home. And those people in the film, to think they are my people and maybe even among them my ancestors. Seeing the mountains unblocked by skyscrapers, the simple beginnings of what would become a huge cosmopolitan city, gave me a nostalgia for a time I wasn't even born in yet. Thank you for sharing

    • @SWToDi-qc8hb
      @SWToDi-qc8hb 4 роки тому +5

      YOU WILL BE EVEN MORE SENTIMENTAL HAD TOU THOROUGHLY KNOW THE DETAILS OF OPIUM WAR AND FIND OUT HOW BRITISH TREATED CHINESE!

    • @levilina9074
      @levilina9074 4 роки тому +8

      @@SWToDi-qc8hb what

    • @samuelraji8343
      @samuelraji8343 4 роки тому +16

      @@SWToDi-qc8hb You can be a negative but the older you get it is better to attach yourself to positives or you will die a bitter person with no one to grieve your loss.

    • @soapcang696
      @soapcang696 4 роки тому +3

      @@SWToDi-qc8hb that fucked us up

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 4 роки тому +2

      @Suna pana Don't worry, the Communist party will be meme'd too oblivion. They can't censor all of us.

  • @ReginaFans
    @ReginaFans 10 років тому +68

    Hey man, I'm a HongKonger, your clips helped me look into our own history. Thanks

    • @tinycockjock1967
      @tinycockjock1967 4 роки тому +16

      H.S.E. LI Fight on for the sake of democracy. Love from Israel!

    • @nomenland73
      @nomenland73 3 роки тому +1

      @@tinycockjock1967 thank you

    • @marvinchow7430
      @marvinchow7430 3 роки тому +1

      @@tinycockjock1967 thx

  • @benjiethenub3572
    @benjiethenub3572 4 роки тому +264

    WHO ELSE GOT THIS ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS LIST?

  • @oligopolyxyz8456
    @oligopolyxyz8456 4 роки тому +252

    Incredible historical film. This is valuable for everyone

  • @vengxance
    @vengxance 4 роки тому +153

    holy crap Micheal, you were so incredibly handsome, your smile melts me.

    • @kukifitte7357
      @kukifitte7357 4 роки тому +3

      Were? Still is 😁

    • @vengxance
      @vengxance 4 роки тому

      Flamed65 nice. hopefully you dont get a single good night’s sleep

  • @oldschool1993
    @oldschool1993 4 роки тому +73

    When I was in my twenties I heard stories about how Hong Kong was in the sixties from a US navy sailor, then in my 30's I met a Chinese guy and ended up spending a lot of time in Hong Kong in the 80's, now I tell stories of how Hong Kong was in my days to my grandchildren.

  • @mostrum195
    @mostrum195 4 роки тому +2

    Thanks for recommending this to me 6 years later UA-cam

  • @BlackCabinet
    @BlackCabinet 4 роки тому +59

    That's just incredible! wow. Thank you, sir!

  • @jamesstocks4752
    @jamesstocks4752 4 роки тому +75

    I was brought up in HK. lived there from age 4 to age 25. Although my period was late 60's onwards, many images of the place ring out in your videos. I congratulate you on this historical record of the REAL Hong Kong. Like you my years in HK were the best.

  • @Storm_x
    @Storm_x 4 роки тому +210

    This makes me think how 2019 will look like to people living in 2119

    • @tahamohammad1741
      @tahamohammad1741 4 роки тому +16

      2119 would either be Nuked or flooded

    • @IGotBoergs
      @IGotBoergs 4 роки тому +3

      Taha Mohammad we we’re supposed to be flodded in the early 2000‘s didn’t happen, don’t Panik my child

    • @radias2589
      @radias2589 4 роки тому +3

      @@IGotBoergs we were supposed to all burned by the sun,flood, and run out of food years ago lol

    • @macaroon147
      @macaroon147 4 роки тому +2

      I hope they don't get surprised by how much nature there is

  • @chicheungkwan7488
    @chicheungkwan7488 8 місяців тому +2

    Thank you . A good video , a good memory to me an old HK Citizen since 1948. Thx

  • @ReallyFilthyToad
    @ReallyFilthyToad 4 роки тому +18

    I really like his modesty throughout the video. Defenitely a charming distiction from todays world of vlogging.

    • @michaelconrad9457
      @michaelconrad9457 3 роки тому +1

      Modesty was seen as a virtue until recent decades.

  • @CurtisGregoryLTI
    @CurtisGregoryLTI 10 років тому +172

    I was first in Hong Kong 1959,,,,,,,, I loved it then and love it today. 13 years of sweet memories,
    The great people were so good to me and taught me so much.

    • @cheungallen6964
      @cheungallen6964 6 років тому +2

      People was corrupt at that time, I can't believe you think people in there are nice.

    • @rayhui7606
      @rayhui7606 6 років тому +37

      cheung allen it doesn't mean everyone is bad, just like people now we still have bad people like you but it doesn't mean everyone is bad so don't be shallow!

    • @yinghanhe2045
      @yinghanhe2045 4 роки тому +3

      Do you know why hk people were nice to you? Because your government invade china and took over, and westerns in hk were treated as noble masters. And thats why until now hk people still want to be european. Because they still think if they can be european they will be at the same height as the western back in that time. They think the white race is better than asian. And they treat white even better than their own kind.

    • @cortlandpruitt6338
      @cortlandpruitt6338 4 роки тому

      cheung allen he means he got laid a lot, that’s all.

    • @marcosmoura911
      @marcosmoura911 4 роки тому +12

      @@yinghanhe2045 Dig a hole a hide yourself in it.

  • @vonwillful
    @vonwillful 4 роки тому +80

    Thank you! I lived in HK for many years. My precious HK is in trouble now. Hope for the best for this great city 2019!

    • @ellis2500
      @ellis2500 4 роки тому +4

      Thanks to rioters

    • @SWToDi-qc8hb
      @SWToDi-qc8hb 4 роки тому +7

      DUE TO THE TRAITORS AND THANKS FOR THE FUND FROM AMERICA!
      TRAITORS LIKE JOSHUA WONG, DENISE HO, LAW KUEN CHUN ( A STUDENT HAD STUDIED IN A 4TH CLASS HONG KONG JUNIOR COLLEGE WAS REWARDED WITH YALE ADMISSION BY AMERICA CONGRESS ) AND OTHERS INSTIGATORS OF RIOTS SHOULD BE HANG FOR TREASON!

    • @Cortesevasive
      @Cortesevasive 4 роки тому

      @@SWToDi-qc8hbUSA flexing its soft power ,if it can mess with china , lol , we have no chance .

    • @ellis2500
      @ellis2500 4 роки тому +1

      @richard cranium well What those "prostestors" are nothing for western puppets that harm innocent mainlanders for suposed democracy

    • @gracetse6796
      @gracetse6796 3 роки тому

      @@SWToDi-qc8hb Thank you for pointing this out I agree with your comments. Many people don't really know the truth, history and background behind this.

  • @landflame
    @landflame 4 роки тому +123

    I was just retired that year.... Cannot imagine 70 years have passed

    • @nab.7250
      @nab.7250 4 роки тому +25

      What!?

    • @landflame
      @landflame 4 роки тому +35

      @@nab.7250 kidding

    • @RandallWhiskey
      @RandallWhiskey 4 роки тому

      How old are u

    • @fastfootedone
      @fastfootedone 4 роки тому +13

      are you about 130? lol

    • @landflame
      @landflame 4 роки тому +19

      @@fastfootedone just said, it was just kidding.... i am not even 30

  • @supersaiyanbeyondblue2102
    @supersaiyanbeyondblue2102 4 роки тому +53

    70 years later: Chaos

    • @javiersalazar8611
      @javiersalazar8611 4 роки тому

      God judgement end of the world be readyy believe only jesus christ now!!

    • @supersaiyanbeyondblue2102
      @supersaiyanbeyondblue2102 4 роки тому +2

      Javier Salazar No I believe in god, not a man.

    • @javiersalazar8611
      @javiersalazar8611 4 роки тому

      Super saiyan Jesus christ is lord and King. And The Father of all humans!!!
      Repent or perish forever believe or. ...

    • @rocklookalike
      @rocklookalike 4 роки тому

      @@javiersalazar8611 their is no God only Zuul

    • @javiersalazar8611
      @javiersalazar8611 4 роки тому +1

      Dream jackson. Zuull is satan. Are you. A child of god or a child of the devil
      God created everything!

  • @cupertinoish
    @cupertinoish 11 років тому +87

    Michael I cannot thank you enough for uploading this precious clip of Hong Kong! 1949 was the year my father was born and I get to see the Hong Kong he was growing up in in this video!

    • @lemoncellimochiblu100
      @lemoncellimochiblu100 8 місяців тому

      My father was born in Hong Kong that year too! We live in Canada now.

  • @littleegret3916
    @littleegret3916 10 років тому +202

    I am deeply moved by this video clip since it included not only the view of Hong Kong but also all walks of life, which was much more precious that simply taking the street views. The background noise and music could also increased our mood of watch this video. Very rare could the westerners film HK in this way. I am writing a family history and interviewing my two old aunties, one is 94 and the other one is 86, they lived in Wanchai before Japanese invasion. I would certainly show them this video clip to help recollect their memories in the old days. Thank you very much again for sharing these films with us, you were a very sentimenetal film maker.

    • @blower05
      @blower05 6 років тому +6

      Respect your wise and whole-hearted act to the elders!

    • @georgewu5
      @georgewu5 6 років тому +28

      I was born in Hong Kong in 1936. I did not have a camera most of my life. My recollections all from the sketches I did through the years including the Japanese invasion in December 1941. My family had no food in the house. I accidentally dropped the rice soup meal on the floor.My mother beat the hell out of me and then bent down on the floor licking the rice soup from the dirt floor. I had been beaten ever since by my mother growing up ! It is all the fault of the Japanese. I stop writing now because I cried too hard to continue. George Wu, ARCHITECT, AIA, NCARB 2018-8-25

    • @gracetse6796
      @gracetse6796 3 роки тому

      @@blower05 I'm thinking and saying the same thing. Thank you for your comment.

    • @estherpoon207
      @estherpoon207 8 місяців тому +1

      I was born in 1949 , the year this video was made. I came to Hong Kong with my parents when I was 6 years old. I could count the pictures I had taken in my growing years with one hand. I knew how you felt when you were beating up by your Mom. The parents didn't know much how to care for their kids then. They couldn't even provide food on the table, let alone to concern their feelings. When I grew up I beginning to understand more. But yes, it still hurt. @@georgewu5

  • @kennethdarke
    @kennethdarke 4 роки тому +17

    I found this clip absolutely fascinating. My late father was in Hong Kong at exactly this time, doing his National Service in the British air force (RAF). He always used to say that his time there was the best of his life. It is a pity he is no longer with us, for I am sure that it would have brought back some memories. Thanks for posting, Michael!

  • @HKgrim_reaper87
    @HKgrim_reaper87 9 місяців тому +2

    After 64+10 years, this video literally worth priceless..

  • @michaelijsbrand
    @michaelijsbrand  11 років тому +13

    Glad to hear that you are not entirely captured by the old HK but also can appreciate its modern appearance.. So do tourists from all over the world.

  • @joesmithweld5434
    @joesmithweld5434 10 років тому +26

    I spent the year studying abroad in Hong Kong last year. I am now living in the States and every time I am reminded of HK (every day) I yearn to return. I even still keep HKD in my wallet. Your videos are incredible! Thank you!.

  • @muimuic1944
    @muimuic1944 3 роки тому +2

    Wonderful to see footage of old Hong Kong! Thank you so much, Michael!

  • @rlinuk2020
    @rlinuk2020 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for taking record of this beautiful Hong Kong❤

  • @michaelijsbrand
    @michaelijsbrand  7 років тому +72

    You mean the Star Ferry. Indeed the most common sight as it was the only connection between the city Victoria and Kowloon,

    • @fivestarrussian
      @fivestarrussian 4 роки тому

      It is very very... I don't have words but i think you will understand what i feel and what i mean.

    • @agnesk1871
      @agnesk1871 3 роки тому

      Yea. I heard my Brother said that is only the way go to Kowloon the boats 🚤 call WaLa- WaLa ! Very treasure video still very clear 👍🏻✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @michaelijsbrand
      @michaelijsbrand  3 роки тому +1

      @@agnesk1871 That applied to ships and their crew which anchor midstream and can only reach shore by sampan or wala/wala boats. But population on both sides of the harbour crosses by Star Ferry mostly.

    • @agnesk1871
      @agnesk1871 3 роки тому

      @@michaelijsbrand I have never taken Wala-wala! It must fun 🤩! You have very good memory 👍🏻🥇✌🏻👏🏻

    • @michaelijsbrand
      @michaelijsbrand  3 роки тому +1

      @@agnesk1871 When I arrived in HK by freighter in Sept 1949 I was taken by a wala-wala ashore. I'll never forget that.

  • @stellaburnell7947
    @stellaburnell7947 4 роки тому +13

    Thanks for these fascinating videos. My Dad was there from 1945 -46 with the Royal Navy, based at Kai Tak Airport which was a Navy base at the time. He loved Hong Kong and often talked about it when we were growing up . It's great to see how Hong Kong looked then !

  • @berry8905
    @berry8905 4 роки тому +6

    These footages are so precious. Thank you for recording the time and life.

  • @felixtsang1
    @felixtsang1 9 місяців тому +13

    Hi Michael, Well done. Your shooting is meaningful to us. As a Hongkongese, I find your video invaluable to know our history. Thank you.

  • @jeff8253
    @jeff8253 4 роки тому +28

    Thats incredible. My grandmother was born around that time and now Hong Kong is like one of the most modern cities.

    • @realamazingworld6756
      @realamazingworld6756 4 роки тому +8

      China will make it dirty after the year 2047

    • @anshengwang4708
      @anshengwang4708 4 роки тому +5

      HK is no longer the great city it used to be. Shenzhen has exceeded it today in every aspects.

    • @lalrosiamapachuau5446
      @lalrosiamapachuau5446 4 роки тому +1

      @Tango Zulu send them out all the Philippines immigration from Hong Kong, before they destroy and chipped

    • @World-of-Fireworks
      @World-of-Fireworks 4 роки тому

      @@realamazingworld6756 so sad. We gotta enjoy Hong Kong while we can.

  • @ericlloyd5355
    @ericlloyd5355 10 років тому +4

    Thanks for your films, I lived there as a 10-year old from 1953-56, this brings so much of it back. It never leaves you even though it is a vanished world...

  • @Hercules718
    @Hercules718 4 роки тому +10

    You were lucky. I lived there in the sixties. The most wonderful place I ever experienced.

  • @dw2822
    @dw2822 9 місяців тому +1

    This is a great collection of our home town. Thank you for owning and sharing.❤

  • @karrielau9037
    @karrielau9037 5 років тому +7

    I am a Hong Kong People. Thanks for video share . Stunning.

    • @feichoi001
      @feichoi001 4 роки тому +1

      Me too ! Just can't forget my first picnic to Shatin . The train ride was so exciting ! This video is gem to many Hongkongers.

  • @justicepenny
    @justicepenny 10 років тому +9

    Though I was born in the 80s in HK. it s just amazing to know the time when my father was born. He keeps telling me that it was very good old days.thanks a lot for your videos.

  • @tatapanawasebi
    @tatapanawasebi 4 роки тому +28

    Hi Michael, thank you for uploading this video. My Grandpa, Michael Lee, he arrived at the same time in HK from Shanghai. Summer 2019, HK is facing the most difficult times, we fight for Freedom and we will continue to do so. I wish HK will still be a city never sleep rather than a police state. God bless HK!

    • @benlee1396
      @benlee1396 4 роки тому +1

      前無去路,後有追兵,唯有加油!同路人

    • @robocop581
      @robocop581 9 місяців тому +4

      Fight for freedom? We are free in HK. I feel more free here than in Canada

    • @tingting377
      @tingting377 9 місяців тому +4

      @@robocop581sorry,Hong Kong is changed 😢

    • @robocop581
      @robocop581 9 місяців тому +2

      @@tingting377 Yup, for the better

    • @magicsmurfy
      @magicsmurfy 9 місяців тому

      Pls, no western propaganda...... Hong Kong is already very free..... just a bunch of uneducated kids destroying Hong Kong. I wished the police took action a lot sooner. Took them 3 days to crush the riots....... back in 1968, the British would have opened fire given the same situation in 2019. So pls...... Today's Hong Kong is extremely free. If you go to Singapore, no porns, no chewing gum, prostitution is legalised...... you really think they are "that free"? In the UK, if I swear to the police or swear to Prince Charles, I get taken away by the policeman. If you protest in UK now, u can get arrested. 他们这些小孩生在福中不知福。 Back in 1970s, if you were white, working for the government, you got a air conditioning allowance - but if you were yellow, same ranks, you did not get that allowance. Only available to white, UK civil servants. So Hong Kong was not that of a saint. Please don't be blinded by these little details. I have a feeling you are on the young side and have no idea on what I am talkiing about.

  • @1158supersiri
    @1158supersiri 4 роки тому +56

    Just think about the life back then
    so many people that their whole lives revolved around work.

  • @Juninavi
    @Juninavi 10 років тому +232

    OMG ! Very very nice ! Thank u for loading this ! I love HKG ! Serve there as a British Gurkha army in 1975 to 1990, I was 17 years old when I joined the British Gurkha rifle ! Really miss old HKG !

    • @derrickchen8668
      @derrickchen8668 4 роки тому +1

      So u are one of the colonist who slave hk people in 70s to 90s right ?as the privilege class

    • @doitydoity1117
      @doitydoity1117 4 роки тому +30

      @@derrickchen8668 shut ur dumbass up

    • @dewolff6937
      @dewolff6937 4 роки тому +4

      We need the empire back, for the greater good.

    • @okno7892
      @okno7892 4 роки тому +13

      Derrick Chen Colonists...? You do realize not everything the British did was for colonial purposes, right...? Britain fought a war, two wars in fact, over the trade of opium. The British were selling it to the Chinese people in return for silver, and then traded it for tea. Of course, the Chinese didn't want their people having smuggled in opium, so they dumped it all into the ocean. Opium, and the things to make it, are not at all cheap, especially in the 1800's and early 1900's. China lost, Britain got the Hong Kong Peninsula. Honk Kong was never gotten for colonial reasons, but for trade reasons. And the Cantonese people were never enslaved; in fact, they were treated basically as good as the British were. Of course, there was a little bias, but that goes with every race. In fact, many Hong Kongers look on the British Age with envy and nostalgia. They're flying British flags in their protests right this moment!
      Before you post this on the internet, please get your facts correct. I'm not saying fighting a war and smuggling opium wasn't right, but to say there was enslavement and colonization involved is extreme and unnecessary.

    • @KamikazethecatII
      @KamikazethecatII 4 роки тому +1

      V.F.D :Volunteer Fire Department: Trade reasons and colonial reasons aren’t separate motivations. A lot of colonies were acquired with the intent of securing access to and/or control over trade markets.

  • @janyoung7495
    @janyoung7495 10 років тому +8

    Tears in my eyes, am was born in 60's. Thank You ! Mr. Rogge

  • @DJBannyboy
    @DJBannyboy 8 місяців тому +1

    I was born in Hong Kong in 1964. Thank you, Mr. Michael

  • @Polly_Lam
    @Polly_Lam 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you very much for your sharing! Hong Kong is my hometown but it is my first time to see this city at 1949!

  • @KingFahtah
    @KingFahtah 4 роки тому +354

    The city was over crowded and the rents sky high,,,,just like it is now!

    • @funnydiecast664
      @funnydiecast664 4 роки тому +22

      So why are they only protesting and rioting now? Just because they went back to China? A bunch of hypocrites brainwashed by “democracy”.

    • @GaleGummola
      @GaleGummola 4 роки тому +59

      @@funnydiecast664 Because China is violating their autonomy. Nothing hypocrite on it.

    • @funnydiecast664
      @funnydiecast664 4 роки тому +16

      CAT When Hong Kong was actually taken and stolen from China by the British back in the 1800s and leased for a 100 years. Okay, China is violating HK’s autonomy INDEED. The truth hurts, live with it.

    • @GaleGummola
      @GaleGummola 4 роки тому +58

      @@funnydiecast664 Truth hurts? Wtf? Hong Kong is not Britain, Hong Kong is not China. Hong Kong is Hong Kong. Nice try China bot.

    • @jonnyboy6339
      @jonnyboy6339 4 роки тому +41

      @@funnydiecast664 If NY lived under Chinese law for 100 years and was also geographically/politically cut off from the USA, i think its culture would diverge from mainstream US culture enough that people would not have an easy time assimilating back and it might be cause for disagreement.
      Also the kids, parents, grandparents have all lived outside of Chinese influence there isn't a string to take them back. Many HKers don't even speak mandarin. I understand nationalist pride/fear of China and international law (somewhat) and the iron fist China rules with to be able govern 1.4 bil people means that there is no room for compromise.
      However the rigid form of government stretches and deforms China into something grotesque (imo).
      Also imagine you are my father and are unfairly sent to prison when I am 5yrs old. If you came back when I am now 50 it would be strange to expect me to obey you because of something that happened to you 50 yrs ago. Let it go

  • @teresaray3478
    @teresaray3478 10 років тому +15

    What a valuable piece of old Hong Kong history and document! Thank you for sharing with us.

  • @abestam1378
    @abestam1378 8 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for releasing this valuable footage to us!

  • @abbad707
    @abbad707 4 роки тому +1

    Extremely Serene,music makes it better.Makes me cry for some reason

  • @stanbimi
    @stanbimi 11 років тому +6

    Thanks Michael. These are precious archival footages of a time long gone.

  • @mathewtoll6780
    @mathewtoll6780 4 роки тому +8

    My grand-father lived in Hong Kong around 1949. It is interesting to see what he would have seen. He was a ship's engineer and then a Captain on cargo ships taking aviation fuel to North China.

  • @shiapitt9490
    @shiapitt9490 4 роки тому +3

    This just randomly appeared on my recommendations & oddly enough it feels so nostalgic?!!

  • @maunster3414
    @maunster3414 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing archival footage to be enjoyed for generations to come. Thank You.

  • @Electricfox
    @Electricfox 4 роки тому +4

    I'm very glad to have found this video and this channel, I will enjoy looking through your video clips. My Grandparents met in Hong Kong around the same time you were there, and my Grandmother always spoke fondly of her time there. Thank you for posting these.

  • @mianchan7686
    @mianchan7686 9 років тому +10

    Thanks for sharing of this treasure old Hong Kong film for the world to see

  • @styau438
    @styau438 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for up loading the valuable and memorable clips

  • @webdev8284
    @webdev8284 4 роки тому +1

    Man, I don't know whether to feel happy or sad for these footages. Imagine yourself travelling all over the world and capturing memories and in a year like 2090, you are completely alone and your loved ones and friends have passed away. And the only memory you have are these footages. It's a hard choice either to cry or be happy about these clips. It's scaring me a little bit. But I hope I will prepare myself for my end times. And so do you!. Cheers to everyone ☺️☺️☺️

  • @AlexGarcia-qc3cj
    @AlexGarcia-qc3cj 4 роки тому +8

    I feel fortunate this was on my recommendations

  • @johnbackster3734
    @johnbackster3734 4 роки тому +3

    Truly incredible footage. It is truly amazing to live in a time where history is only a few clicks away. Thank you Michael for your beautiful and absolutely timeless work.

  • @yunyunlee
    @yunyunlee 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for sharing these precious videos with us. They’re the best quality I’ve seen👍. I’m going to send them to my dad, uncle and aunt in HK which will bring back lots of memories of their teenage years ❤

  • @agentclark99
    @agentclark99 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks Michael for sharing this

  • @user-rq9ns9xu1e
    @user-rq9ns9xu1e 3 роки тому +5

    咩事 點解依家會出現係我個推薦到 哎又有幾個估到 HK會變到依家咁

  • @Fabsurf101
    @Fabsurf101 3 роки тому +1

    I was born 2 years after you had arrived so I could relate to this incredible footage of the film that you took. Thank you for sharing your reminiscence.

  • @jamesgoodman2312
    @jamesgoodman2312 4 роки тому

    Did my national service in Hong Kong In 1955/6 Fantastic posting. Sent all my 1950 photos to Michael but sadly he never received them. James Goodman.

  • @jerrypie
    @jerrypie 4 роки тому +3

    It's so interesting to see these old clips. Makes me wonder if the photos and videos I have of my city today will be interesting 70 years from now.

  • @kmm_hkg4807
    @kmm_hkg4807 3 роки тому +8

    I can’t express my appreciation with words...You've literally captured historical clip and leading me to the era of which my parents not even born yet. Subscribed anyway, thank you Michael.

  • @anthonytsang2190
    @anthonytsang2190 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you, I start to picture what was life like for grand mum to commute to work. I miss her ❤

  • @hanyu2781
    @hanyu2781 4 роки тому

    @MichaelRogge Thank you so much for these wonderful films you have uploaded. What a true inspiration and absolute delight to be able to see such high quality films of the old Xianggang. Thanks again.

  • @planningto
    @planningto 10 років тому +6

    Fascinating. My Dad was born in Hong Kong in 1949. Different world!

  • @randomspurious1066
    @randomspurious1066 4 роки тому +3

    Fascinating. Having visited and worked in HK numerous times over the last 25 years, it's of enormous personal interest to see footage such as this. Thank you for the important preservation work you've undertaken here. Best regards

  • @kenricnarbrough8191
    @kenricnarbrough8191 4 роки тому +1

    Incredible. Thank you mister Rogge. I finally had a chance to visit the region this year and its amazing to see Aberdeen, Kowloon and the old airport in the era you filmed it. Thanks again.

  • @tm7095
    @tm7095 4 роки тому +1

    I lived in HKG between 1959 and 1962 and remember it as shown in this film. Much has now gone, particularly the junks but some thing's remain and still used today - bamboo for scaffolding for example. I enjoyed watching this and will now view others. Thank you.

  • @shanemcman3665
    @shanemcman3665 4 роки тому +33

    Overcrowded and sky high rents. The more things change, the more they stay the same

  • @shyamkapadia3752
    @shyamkapadia3752 4 роки тому +4

    This is a spectacular channel. Thank you for sharing your work with us.

  • @frankxu2490
    @frankxu2490 9 місяців тому

    Dear Michael, it is a surprise and great happiness to find your UA-cam site with so many valuable films of old Hong Kong! Many thanks to your generous sharing & keeping this part of Hong Kong images & history 👍

  • @nathanlamshed1612
    @nathanlamshed1612 4 роки тому

    Hi Michael. Thank you for sharing this timeless footage and your experience.

  • @lefu7812
    @lefu7812 4 роки тому +233

    Hong Kong in 1949 has as much inhabitants as Toronto in 2019 👀

    • @donkey7921
      @donkey7921 4 роки тому +7

      @@Qllllll it's big 🤯

    • @AveTrainOnDaTrack
      @AveTrainOnDaTrack 4 роки тому

      No Toronto’s population is 6-7 mil

    • @donkey7921
      @donkey7921 4 роки тому

      @@AveTrainOnDaTrack no its 9 million

    • @donkey7921
      @donkey7921 4 роки тому +1

      @@AveTrainOnDaTrack why not go check?

    • @donkey7921
      @donkey7921 4 роки тому +4

      @@AveTrainOnDaTrack the regional population is 9 million.

  • @user-ov3wx9xr9g
    @user-ov3wx9xr9g 10 років тому +3

    THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS PRECIOUS VIDEO & PICTURES

  • @dannyleong5418
    @dannyleong5418 9 місяців тому

    Thank you so much for bringing this footage on UA-cam.

  • @crescentstardust7706
    @crescentstardust7706 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for sharing. Old Hong Kong is simple and beautiful. People are happy at the old time.

  • @benlin4933
    @benlin4933 10 років тому +8

    This is a great video that I would like to thank Mr. Michael Rogge for sharing! It's so helpful for us especially we're the new generation living in Hong Kong. How hard working and humble at that time!

    • @rodmcintosh3149
      @rodmcintosh3149 4 роки тому

      Great to see these records of the past. Full of fascinating views of life as it was then. Thank you so much!

  • @michaelijsbrand
    @michaelijsbrand  10 років тому +3

    Thanks. Well, I have 150 clips on old HK on YT. You can find them with: 'michael rogge hong kong'

  • @susannalau3847
    @susannalau3847 9 місяців тому +1

    My father came to Hong Kong from China around 1951. So it was this era that he would be starting his new life. Thank you for the images.

  • @cheungsophia9083
    @cheungsophia9083 4 роки тому

    Thank you for recording and upload 🙏🏼

  • @paullau3835
    @paullau3835 3 роки тому +19

    Thank you Michael. I am 99% sure the policeman at 8.44 was my late father. He entered the Hong Kong police force simply because of his Shantung Wai Hai (which was a British naval port in the early 20th century) origin. British Hong Kong recruited men from this port of China for reasons very similar to the use of Gurgar in the army. Anyway my young father looked so handsome in the video. He just got married to my mum in 1949 and the rest is history!

    • @o8p76
      @o8p76 8 місяців тому

      估唔到依到你可以見到自己爸爸後生❤

  • @piperbob2
    @piperbob2 4 роки тому +6

    Fascinating film. I visited in 1995, staying in a guest house in Kowloon.

  • @tannawannavannabittannawan7138
    @tannawannavannabittannawan7138 4 роки тому

    WOW...........Wonderful video and great memories!! Historical and informative. Thank you so, very much Michael for sharing your fascinating documentary! ❤️Lots of respect❤️

  • @tamagomaniac
    @tamagomaniac 4 роки тому +2

    Vlogging in 1949! So ahead of time.

  • @giji7578
    @giji7578 6 років тому +6

    I now understand the originality of Hong Kong spirits! It is brought together by all walks of life, let it be refugees, the locals or foreigners indeed. It is truly amazing! Thank you so much for making all these videos and share with the whole world. :) lots of efforts and time you have put into the making of all these documentaries:)

    • @jake9854
      @jake9854 5 років тому

      the officals r corrupted as fk..

    • @soha7271
      @soha7271 9 місяців тому +2

      But the civilians have the Lion Rocks spirits. I was born in the 60’s and witnessed the evolution of Hk

  • @angel-zh2cr
    @angel-zh2cr 4 роки тому +4

    Omg sir you’re the og vlogger this is amazing

  • @CryptoKang
    @CryptoKang 4 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing this Michael

  • @CC-cg9ld
    @CC-cg9ld 8 місяців тому

    Mr. Rogge, thank you so much for sharing this video.❤

  • @SebastianKaczorowski
    @SebastianKaczorowski 9 років тому +3

    Amazing! Thanks for sharing such great piece of history.