Old Singapore and Raffles hotel in 1961

[ronin35]

Yeah, Singapore was so english then. The people going about their own things.

[DutchLionFrans]

Jammer dat u niet meer van de achterkant van het hotel hebt opgenomen, waar vzv ik mij herinner als het inderdaad dit hotel was - ik denk het wel - waar mijn ouders en wij hun kinderen overnacht hebben toen wij met een KLM vliegtuig op weg waren naar en van Indonesia (ik ben daar geboren) - ik mij herinner dat je van de achterkant zo - op het strand kon, althans er was een soort balustrade, als ik mij goed herinner...mercy ik was toen 3 denk ik. Maar sommige dingen vergeet je nooit. Dank u!

[makingmusicfouru]

wow singapore is so british back then ! I wish i have like time machine or at least a dream of being that era for short while!

[MichaelRogge]

@makingmusicfouru Search for my other vids of old Singapore with: michael+rogge+singapore

[ViVi80]

these vids are great mementos from the past ! thank you for sharing and i hope that you will continue sharing more with us. thanks for posting!

[MichaelRogge]

@ViVi80 Thanks. Sure, more to come as soon as I get hold of them!

[maxx2109]

thanks Michael ... I was born in 1961,,,we were poor and I am so happy to be able to access videos of Singapore of that time. I shall be looking at all your videos.

[sheiksha83]

thanks michael..its great to see such video of our old home...

[bollox21]

Just seen a clip on History Channel in SIngapore and cam e on here to find more 0 fascinating footage - thanks for postng!

[teamrocket87]

wow~nostalgic...good to see how things look back then....:O

[am1966ath]

Beautiful footage..the modern Singapore is charmless in comparison. Incredible how the world have changed in 50years.

[eccchung]

thanks for the loading. it is a classic now.

[Nandasithu]

I like the traffic police :D

[mauricechew]

Thank you Michael for this rare footage of the real Raffles Hotel. I used to do house calls there in the late seventies and early eighties. They had rooms named after famous people who lived there--Somerset Maugham ,Elizabeth Taylor to name a few. The floors used to creaked at night as they were made of wood and the pool used to be on the ground floor by the garden outside the bar.

[aliceechng]

this is a brilliant piece of history

[lisamartin007]

I was there in1979?..a mere 19 year old!..the Raffles was one of the places I visited..wonderful place..so much history?..of course I had the obligatory Singapore Sling!...other notable sites were Boogie Street?..thanks..brought back a lot of fond memories..

[macrick]

Its Bugis Street, named after the Bugis people in the region. Thank you

[sg2sin]

thanks for the memories...privellaged to be watching this....thanks...

[dforeman7]

This is great, thank you for sharing.

[aifusatiluj]

I'm from KL. Wow..it's amazing. I love your videos. Thanks for sharing.

[megasoft89]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

[thafunkjunky]

Thank You,this is a privilege indeed.

[NikJass]

What a priviledge for us to see all these..thank you. If i'm looking for some old footages of KL i'd know where to look now :)

[NikJass]

Where do you get all these old footages from?? Thanks for sharing :)

[MichaelRogge]

I took them myself in 16mm for a documentary film on Malaysia, broadcast in 1962 on Dutch television.

[mauricechew]

What nostalgia. Wish I could see the rest of your video

[jooave]

am sorry at 0:48 the bus stop look new ...lol

[felisestilo]

@jooave Hahaha. It does look like our current bus-stops

[gck86]

@jooave they resign and change back to old looks.

[gck86]

@jooave they redesign and change back to old look busstop.