Hong Kong expats' life in 1949

At the roof of a now demolished apartment building in Macdonnell Road no.62 Dutch expats spend a lazy afternoon in 1949. A Xmas dinner is prepared by their Chinese servant. On summer Sundays a car is being rent and a trip to the N.T. undertaken. See my other 200 video clips by search YouTube with keyword MichaelRogge

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[tangc71]

Hi uncle Micheal ,

62 macdonell road , the building now is called :wing hong mansion

1700 sf per unit

ha ha

[MichaelRogge]

Thanks for the info. The former building had no name to my knowledge !

[MichaelRogge]

Thanks for the info. The previous old building had no name as far as I know.

[SW1Q1]

same era as that movie, Love Is A Many Splendid thing.

[MichaelRogge]

Indeed. In 1949 I got a lift from the club by the lover of Han Suyin in the back of his MG. I sat on a patch of red lead which ruined my suit completely.

[Jan Murray]

this video, and the whole site, is just so wonderfully romantic and evocative and a perfect research tool for the novel i am writing.  Thank you Mr Rogge!

[MichaelRogge]

If you need more information of the time please let me know. More photo's of the time here:

//wichm.home.xs4all.nl/hongkon­gE49.html

[MetaView7]

nice footage.

thanks for sharing



[globehunter2]

Personally this era was the best for music..morality..culture and most

of all humanity. No era was totally perfect but the mid 40,s to late 50,s

were truly ideal for automobiles styling especially. Sad to see how change

has removed much of mistery and splendor long ago.

Wonderful images.

[MichaelRogge]

Indeed it was a memorable period of time, although I found it already drastically changed in the time you were there!