Hong Kong Tram Ride 1967

[abc295212]

long long time ago

[kelwonghk]

SINCE I LEFT HONGKONG IN THE 70', I DO REMEMBER VERY WELL ABOUT IT. HOWEVER, I'LL GET LOST IF I GO BACK RIGHT NOW. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES. HOLY KEL.

[henrivision]

wow its look more like europe, where has all this nic3e building gone?

[whittox]

Thank you for sharing, some of the old buildings are recognisable but so many others have gone. A different world!

[Jeeyau]

Thanks for putting this valuable video!! I like it!!

[TheHKLive]

At 1:00, on right hand side of screen, there was a camp for british navy. Now, it become a commercial area.

[chengchengcheng]

This is absolutely amazing!! I am thinking about doing the exactly same thing at this very moment in Hong Kong (Google Map/Street has done similar thing like that, but they are not video). It would become a very interesting contrast. Nevertheless, there are some shots which I have no idea about where they are now, e.g. 1:00, 2:09, 2:15, 2:51.

[yardley542]

@chengchengcheng

Hi. Glad you enjoyed it. The locations you queried were along what was Queensway passing between Victoria Barrack and the police headquarters

The next is De Voeux Rd Central then down on to the waterfront Sheung Wan and then into Western Kennedy Town. Hope this helps Chris, .

[yardley542]

@chengchengcheng Hi Glad you enjoyed it. The locations you queried are Queensway between Victoria barracks and the Police HQ at Arsenal Street.Se Voeux Road Sheung Wan. The waterfront as was near Macau Ferry and Western or Kennedy Town Hope this helps Chris

[yardley542]

@chengchengcheng Hi Glad you enjoyed it . The Locations you queried are Queensway between Victoria barracks and the Police HQ in Arsenal Street, De Voeux Road Sheung Wan. The waterfront was near Macau Ferry and Western or Kennedy Town.

Hope this helps Chris

[chengchengcheng]

@yardley542 Thank you very much for the detailed information. Your recollection (after 43 years!) is just amazing!

[BrianHo1337]

is it charter road at 1:38?

[yardley542]

@BrianHo1337

Hi. Its just outside the old HSBC and Chartered Bank,  Chater Road enters from the right Chris

[chengchengcheng]

@BrianHo1337 That should be Des Voeux Rd Central (德輔道中)

[euvucan]

hk looked prosperous in 1967 although it shouldnt be

[jasonng861231]

Since the tram running into Central I thought it was London. Apart from the tramway, it looked 85% London, the buildings, the outlook etc. The Hong Kong government could have done better to preserve all these such as leaving the Hong Kong Island of British characteristics and the rest of HongKong of the otherwise.

[daiwaiu]

So much has changed in 43 years.

[Bouncybon]

But HK showed more of the traditional Chinese lifestyle in those days. When I arrived there in 1972 (5 years after this film) traders still used the abacus in the shops - a few years later calculators were everywhere. The people just stopped using abacus to do calculations. But it was quick as the calculator!

[betalover1]

HK is more beautiful today than in 1967.

Some parts of HK are not great, but some are great. More parts of HK is great today, cleaner and just more affluent, period.

[betalover1]

I was ten then.

I remember the period from having mostly European cars to mostly Japanese cars, in a span of about ten years.

[youguystube]

It is funny to see that people at that time mostly jaywalked on the roads and didn't pay attention to the traffics.

[NickDuvet]

Great film - at 1:15 that's Queens Road, old Bank of China bldg ahead with the Hilton Hotel on the left where CK Center now is. Then the tram turns towards Legco and up towards the Landmark

[knight7fox2]

it just reminds of the indian ghetto in london lol

[yoshiwara2]

obviously you have neither been to Hong Kong or London

[klaytonlam]

Super Cool!!!

[dellenda]

WOW!!!

超強, 我見到由灣仔至上環一路的風景, 跟現在的灣仔英皇娛樂總部, 中環地標HSBC渣打東亞landmark環球大廈統統不一樣, 上環西港城對開真的是海, 九龍那邊像未開發, 只有灣仔龍門酒樓屹立不搖, 超讚....

[byktang]

真難得能有機會看到60年代"彩色的香港"!

[maklun]

真係有錢都睇唔返,真係好多謝....

[OnePeopleOneChina]

Except for the automobiles, this place looks pretty much the same today as it did in 1967.

[kwokwing]

Love to see the hydrofoil boat at the end of play. Its PT50.

[lemonrunner]

wow, many many thanks for uplodaing this!

[alancwwong]

was it really 1967 or later years??

[kenlittlefat]

Priceless!!

[stevelley]

The lower portions of the columns of the old Supreme Court Building were painted in white to cover up the anti-British slogans written by Leftists during the 1966/67 riots.

[sophiasunmit]

I saw Daimaru大丸百貨 on the tram at around 2:25! There were 大元(North Point)﹠大丸(Causeway Bay)...remember? The red taxi looks like a rolls Royce at 2:31!! "HK, pls don't change so fast, I'm afraid I won't recognize you anymore!"

[Avantime]

It sure looks very colonial.

[gragrn]

Fantastic record of old Hong Kong. Many thanks!

[eatsee]

marvelous...thanks for sharing...

[ixanaths]

HK government has been so stupid and reckless with their decisions on cultural landmarks these days, I wouldn't be surprised one day they decide to get rid of the trams in HK. They already made a big mistake demolishing the Star Ferry and Queen's Pier. It's just a matter of time when they commit another crime in destroying the history of HK.

[cityalan465]

i suspect that the Chinese government order the Hong Kong government to do so for demolishing all British stuff. That's why star pier, queen's pier and tsim sha tsui bus terminus were being defused.

[betalover1]

@cityalan465

no such order

First, space is valuable.

Second, colonialism was not fun. British flavor is great, but not colonial flavor.

[artamerican]

This clip is truly incredible, amazing, the same tram route that I still ride on everyday, the admiralty part is cut short, is it possible to get back this part of the ride ? One other question is this short film may be dated in early 1970s because I saw the tram at the turn of the western market tow a second compartment which seem to be available only in the 70s. Could anyone clarify that ?

[yardley542]

Glad you enjoyed the trip. The original film was taken probably March 1967 but certainly that year. It was on Super 8 and I probably missed the Admiralty part having to change cassettes. In those days they only lasted about 4 minutes. I had it transferred to DVD this year. I had no idea what pleasur it would give people.

[artamerican]

Thanks for clarifying. When the shot turns to bank of China building it is still the same as it is today and those colonial buildings along the des Voeux road, it is nostalgia.

[jasonng861231]

Because increasing number of HongKong people are furious about how our government demolishes all valuable buildings or sites of great historic characteristics. This is really unfair for people after the 80's and so on like myself that we don't get a chance to enjoy all these.

[canman5060]

artamerican

This short film is indeed dated from around the late 1960's.I can recognise the old taxi cabs and some of them were the old Mercedes Benz.The second tow compartment was introduced around late 1967 since I was one of the very first one to ride on the tow compartment when I was a seven year old boy in 1967.I have also a photo taken around that time showing the second tow compartment of the tram when there was a riot in October that same year.Tough times in those days.

[kencyliu]

見番夏巴、新中華國貨，還有金鐘道死亡彎位！

[3287000]

精彩絕倫

[ferdinand0069]

Amazing!!!! Some buildings and restaurants shown in this video are still exist.

[canman5060]

1967. Ah ! I think this is the year when HKTVB started broadcasting in competition with Rediffusion.I can still remember the program Enjoy Yourself Tonight started at 9:30 in the evening.Connie Chan was my idol in these years.

[canman5060]

What a great tram ride.Was this footage taken before the riot in October in the same year ? I was only 7 years old at that time. Even at that young age I can never forget the riot of 1967.A welknown radio broadcaster / commentator was burnt to death inside his car with his brother.I think his name is Lam Bun.

[catsui1314]

Thanks for bringing this precious memories back to me. My grandma lived in the area of the Sheung Wan Tram stop at that time. I recognized some of these scenes as I was very small at that time. One thing pity is in your film, Grandma house just got cut off! boy! I'm like walking down the memory lane. It was a classic! Do you still have more? I love to see them. Again, Thanks!

[yardley542]

It was taken with a Nikon Super 8 camera from the top of a tram early morning in 1967.

I had the film digitsed to DVD a couple of years ago.

[nelsland]

how was this shot?

[goodpanda]

very very precious video and thank you

[luckylychee]

Thank you for the memories! Do you have the uncut version? I think an uncut version can show more even a bit boring for some.

[yardley542]

It was the original film which I don't think I edited at all but I've had it digitised. Glad you enjoyed it. Have you seen my one of the Star Ferry and Aberdeen Harbour. It Was taken using a Nikon Super 8

[luckylychee]

Yeah, that's a good one too. I say yours is better than most Aberdeen movie scenes. This particular one however means more to me as it goes right pass my childhood "hood" ;^)

Were you a tourist or a local then?

[gon2172]

I have you show a precious picture and thank you.

[andyleung1107]

great!!!!!!!!!!

[5gal]

classic

[mpkkwok]

Sorry, not Jaguar EKE but XKE, which is either a 3.8 or 4.2

Mercedes taxis dominated the HK taxi market from mid-50's to mid-70s until being replaced by Jap taxis. Also doomed were Austin Cambridges / Morris Oxfords and the rarer Peugeot 403s / 404s. The Japs got the better of Mercedes as their parts were much cheaper, which is determinant, albeit Mercedes in the early 70's cut price to cope with the Jap assault - 200D (taxi only) costing only $22,000 BUT to no avail.

[mpkkwok]

A lot of good old automobiles are present: - The ubiquitous Mercedes taxis -180D, 190D, 200D and some brand new 250S/SE. Also visible are the Austin Cambridge/Morris Oxford diesel taxis - A red Jaguar EKE drophead, Wanchai Texaco gas station - An Australian-assembled 1962 Valiant, old HK Bank building, Central - A blue Morris/Austin van moving out, Des Voeux Rd Central - CMB's Guy single- and double-deckers I guess this film was made sometime (May-July) before the notorious 1967 Riot

[alfeewusy]

Central was so beautiful in 1960s

[gragrn]

Awesome, so many of those buildings are gone now. Thanks for this piece of history.

[contractki11er]

This is cool!

[maklun918]

非常非常非常之感謝您,真係好珍貴.......

[smtmingtse]

多謝上傳,非常珍貴的老香港片段,很喜歡遊電車河,很多回憶,晚­間遊電車河更是很浪漫啊!!!

[fredatled]

Even one of the old hydrofoils at the end, what a delight!

[lotopha]

wonderful

[handofevil]

Amazing!

Thanks so much.

[is450]

好正

請問仲有無多幾段?

[tieenybear]

Hey this is interesting. I wasn't even born then.

[zoundcracker]

很珍貴的片段 , 多謝上傳

[raymondwong01]

影片中的龍門大酒樓仍然在灣仔太源街附近

[surfing636]

Just got back from Hong Kong, modern double decker buses, modern cars, some amazing new buildings, with the same old double decker trams!!! It's still in heavy use and cheap ($2 HK)  26 cents per ride. Good way to see HK Island.

[paul44265]

Without the video, I could not recall the images deep inside of mine, the more you could give, the more I could bring them back.

yardley542, thanks a lot for the sharing.

[tamkwai77]

Wan Chai!

[dunhuadunhua]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing! Do you have more images of the old Hong Kong?

[hudsonch]

0:22 - Intersection of Hennessy Rd/Wanchai Rd

1:00 - Queensway/Admiralty (was navy garrisons, now a shopping mall)

1:15 - Hilton Hotel (left, demolished) & old Bank of China (middle, still there!)

1:22 - old HSBC (left), old Mandarin (right) Oriental Hotel (all demolished)

2:41 - Sheung Wan HK-Macau Ferry Pier (see the hydrofoil there?)

[hongkong506]

You neglected to mention the Central Post Office at the bottom of Pedder St. Its the building on the right with a red hue to it. Oh the memories.

[hudsonch]

to hongkong506: Yeah u r right. When I was 3 or 4, mom & I often took the tram & she'd showed me "this is xxx bldg..." We often ride from Wanchai to Central, also occasionally in the Sheung Wan section. I guess we seldom ride across Central because of some unknown reason, hence I cant remember anyth' about the old CPO.

[tomyipkm]

很珍貴的片段，片段中的街道，大家不知又認得多少呢？

[max7evans]

thanks for sharing! back in those day video filming wont be easy

[warrensf]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[dayforfun]

oh my dear, thank you!

[chanythechamp]

How precious is that.

This one really jogs my memory when I was 12.

[hkpai]

能夠看到昔日香港的風光,非常感謝你的分享.

[cocoto123]

It's a very rare record ! thanks.