HONG KONG as I saw it in 1949
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- 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 TH-cam with 'michael rogge'
Website 'Man and the Unknown' wichm.home.xs4a...
Well, I have 160 clips of old HK on YT, so you can view them to your heart's delight !
MichaelRogge thank you for sharing these Gems Sir!!
bet u had a chinese girlfriend or a ex wife?
Thx man, this is rare footage
And Mao just got power in the rest of continental China
Thanks for this piece of history.
Can't believe such a high quality footage of Hong Kong from 1949 still exists.
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.
brr johnson Yeah some news/movie producer or something filmed this lmao
Somewhere he states this was recorded using 16 mm. That was high tech for the times.
@@brrjohnson8131 It must be so, because the film quality is outstanding. Thank you for your additional information regarding this.
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
I worked in a Dutch bank financing imports and exports.
are there any british soldiers there?
How old were you here
But Hong Kong has been a mess, tons of protests.
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!
Thank you for your precious videos of my city🙏🏻
Your videos on Hong Kong are great historical documents and will be viewed and treasured.
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!!!!
@@TheVideomaker2341 why not?
@TheVideomaker2341 Thanks for ruining the compliment
TheVideomaker2341 you ruined it lol
no
RIP Michael Rogge (1929-2024) , and thank you for the memories from the past thanks to your camera work. We will all miss you.
😳R.I.P
Mr.Micheal's videos bring us much memories. Thank you so much❤ We miss you.
When did he passed away ???...... Oh no....
@MeiinUK it is regret that on 2024 January, maybe you can check on net.
Just want to say you looks handsome!
I agreed. One handsome gentleman indeed. And thank you for show us this precious video of Hong Kong.
And your smile is warm n cute
Erbai Gg WTF, WHY WOULD YOU REPLY A 4 YEAR OLD COMMENT THAT WAS LAST REPLIED A YEAR AGO??!!!
@@TheVideomaker2341 Same question is going to you)) There should be something that made us to look into this old, but interesting stuff now))
He probably dated lots of Chinese girls back then
Idk why this is in my recommendations but you, man are the OG Vlogger!!!
Never Heard That
Vlogging Before 50s
Because of the great Hong Kong revolution
@@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 Southeast Asia so i'll not support any side i just hope that it will end up peacefully without 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.
@@yobitchcantfindme5288 commie spotted
This haircut style still looks trendy.
B. Water bell bottoms are coming back. The same styles fade in and out.
@@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.
Dutch person here, this haircut has been mandatory for all men between the ages of 12 and 35 for atleast 100 years
@@ivanj.conway9919 Maybe it's time for you to pass on ? Seems like you have been alive too long.
@@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.
"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.
Hahaha cardiac ARREST
n9
You name you pic.. doh
Door-to-Door Hentai Salesman lol I agree
sell me some
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
YOU WILL BE EVEN MORE SENTIMENTAL HAD TOU THOROUGHLY KNOW THE DETAILS OF OPIUM WAR AND FIND OUT HOW BRITISH TREATED CHINESE!
@@SWToDi-qc8hb what
@@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.
@@SWToDi-qc8hb that fucked us up
@Suna pana Don't worry, the Communist party will be meme'd too oblivion. They can't censor all of us.
Nobody:
TH-cam: Hey!! Do you wanna see what Hong Kong looked like in 1949?
Me: Hell yeah. It's just 3 in the morning.
you probably watched history videos lately, so TH-cam algorithm suggested you another one
Ireneusz Pyc too much hk protest news leads me here
Yes.
hey! you want to see hong kong in 2019?
i live here so that's a fair suggestion lmao
Incredible historical film. This is valuable for everyone
WHO ELSE GOT THIS ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS LIST?
Guilty as charged.
Ayy!
🖐
When Bruce Lee was 9 yrs old.
人參剩粒祖 underrated comment...
Oh that American.
*When Bruce Lee was one of the 9 year olds.
Yeah
@@webdev8284 lmaooo
Hey man, I'm a HongKonger, your clips helped me look into our own history. Thanks
H.S.E. LI Fight on for the sake of democracy. Love from Israel!
@@tinycockjock1967 thx
holy crap Micheal, you were so incredibly handsome, your smile melts me.
Were? Still is 😁
Flamed65 nice. hopefully you dont get a single good night’s sleep
This makes me think how 2019 will look like to people living in 2119
2119 would either be Nuked or flooded
Taha Mohammad we we’re supposed to be flodded in the early 2000‘s didn’t happen, don’t Panik my child
@@IGotBoergs we were supposed to all burned by the sun,flood, and run out of food years ago lol
I hope they don't get surprised by how much nature there is
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.
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.
Respect your wise and whole-hearted act to the elders!
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
@@blower05 I'm thinking and saying the same thing. Thank you for your comment.
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
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.
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!
My father was born in Hong Kong that year too! We live in Canada now.
That's just incredible! wow. Thank you, sir!
Agree!
Indeed, bro
Грейтебл, Офигенбл -
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.
People was corrupt at that time, I can't believe you think people in there are nice.
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!
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.
cheung allen he means he got laid a lot, that’s all.
@@yinghanhe2045 Dig a hole a hide yourself in it.
Thank you for all these beautiful old British Hong Kong memories. Mr. Rogge RIP
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!
Thanks to rioters
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!
@@SWToDi-qc8hbUSA flexing its soft power ,if it can mess with china , lol , we have no chance .
@richard cranium well What those "prostestors" are nothing for western puppets that harm innocent mainlanders for suposed democracy
@@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.
I was just retired that year.... Cannot imagine 70 years have passed
What!?
@@nab.7250 kidding
How old are u
are you about 130? lol
@@fastfootedone just said, it was just kidding.... i am not even 30
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!
Thanks for recommending this to me 6 years later TH-cam
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!.
I really like his modesty throughout the video. Defenitely a charming distiction from todays world of vlogging.
Modesty was seen as a virtue until recent decades.
The city was over crowded and the rents sky high,,,,just like it is now!
So why are they only protesting and rioting now? Just because they went back to China? A bunch of hypocrites brainwashed by “democracy”.
@@funnydiecast664 Because China is violating their autonomy. Nothing hypocrite on it.
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.
@@funnydiecast664 Truth hurts? Wtf? Hong Kong is not Britain, Hong Kong is not China. Hong Kong is Hong Kong. Nice try China bot.
@@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
These footages are so precious. Thank you for recording the time and life.
You mean the Star Ferry. Indeed the most common sight as it was the only connection between the city Victoria and Kowloon,
It is very very... I don't have words but i think you will understand what i feel and what i mean.
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 👍🏻✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@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.
@@michaelijsbrand I have never taken Wala-wala! It must fun 🤩! You have very good memory 👍🏻🥇✌🏻👏🏻
@@agnesk1871 When I arrived in HK by freighter in Sept 1949 I was taken by a wala-wala ashore. I'll never forget that.
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!
前無去路，後有追兵，唯有加油！同路人
Fight for freedom? We are free in HK. I feel more free here than in Canada
@@robocop581sorry,Hong Kong is changed 😢
@@tingting377 Yup, for the better
@@tingting377加油，为自由而战
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.
70 years later: Chaos
God judgement end of the world be readyy believe only jesus christ now!!
Javier Salazar No I believe in god, not a man.
Super saiyan Jesus christ is lord and King. And The Father of all humans!!!
Repent or perish forever believe or. ...
@@javiersalazar8611 their is no God only Zuul
Dream jackson. Zuull is satan. Are you. A child of god or a child of the devil
God created everything!
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 !
So u are one of the colonist who slave hk people in 70s to 90s right ？as the privilege class
@@derrickchen8668 shut ur dumbass up
We need the empire back, for the greater good.
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.
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.
Hi Michael, Well done. Your shooting is meaningful to us. As a Hongkongese, I find your video invaluable to know our history. Thank you.
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 !
Just think about the life back then
so many people that their whole lives revolved around work.
Still doesn't change
Thats incredible. My grandmother was born around that time and now Hong Kong is like one of the most modern cities.
China will make it dirty after the year 2047
HK is no longer the great city it used to be. Shenzhen has exceeded it today in every aspects.
@Tango Zulu send them out all the Philippines immigration from Hong Kong, before they destroy and chipped
@@realamazingworld6756 so sad. We gotta enjoy Hong Kong while we can.
Thank you . A good video , a good memory to me an old HK Citizen since 1948. Thx
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!
估唔到依到你可以見到自己爸爸後生❤
Thank you, I start to picture what was life like for grand mum to commute to work. I miss her ❤
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...
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 ❤
Tears in my eyes, am was born in 60's. Thank You ! Mr. Rogge
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.
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.
Thank you for taking record of this beautiful Hong Kong❤
Hong Kong in 1949 has as much inhabitants as Toronto in 2019 👀
@@Qllllll it's big 🤯
No Toronto’s population is 6-7 mil
@@AveTrainOnDaTrack no its 9 million
@@AveTrainOnDaTrack why not go check?
@@AveTrainOnDaTrack the regional population is 9 million.
Amazing archival footage to be enjoyed for generations to come. Thank You.
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.
This just randomly appeared on my recommendations & oddly enough it feels so nostalgic?!!
Thanks Michael. These are precious archival footages of a time long gone.
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.
What a valuable piece of old Hong Kong history and document! Thank you for sharing with us.
Thank you Michael! Your film entailed my home sick. I know I won’t go back but my heart is deeply rooted there. Sad .
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.
My father was born in 1875 !
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.
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.
Dear Michael, it is a surprise and great happiness to find your TH-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 👍
I am a Hong Kong People. Thanks for video share . Stunning.
Me too ! Just can't forget my first picnic to Shatin . The train ride was so exciting ! This video is gem to many Hongkongers.
Thank you so much for releasing this valuable footage to us!
Overcrowded and sky high rents. The more things change, the more they stay the same
Thank you for the video. Arrived HK with my family in 1948, wasn‘t old enough to attend school…this documentary will help put my memory together….
You were lucky. I lived there in the sixties. The most wonderful place I ever experienced.
Wonderful to see footage of old Hong Kong! Thank you so much, Michael!
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
After 64+10 years, this video literally worth priceless..
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!
Great to see these records of the past. Full of fascinating views of life as it was then. Thank you so much!
This is a great collection of our home town. Thank you for owning and sharing.❤
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.
Extremely Serene,music makes it better.Makes me cry for some reason
This is a spectacular channel. Thank you for sharing your work with us.
Thank you so much for bringing this footage on TH-cam.
Thanks for sharing of this treasure old Hong Kong film for the world to see
Thank you for sharing these footages.
I wish you good health.
Is it me or this just got recommended by TH-cam, and also why
this just got recommended by TH-cam
Same here, seemingly random rec that has nothing to do with my viewing history. Can't say that I mind. This is quite the historical treasure.
you watched the video and left a comment, that's why.
@@bankaa9293 I was browsing through TH-cam and this showed up and I was thinking what kind of video is this and I commented something
yup, and i dunno why. TH-cam got bad. Probably they wanted to let me dislike this video so here i am. Disliking it because i never asked for this shit. What do i care about his life experience.. we all have them. This is not usefull anymore. Life goes on man.
I learned shit from 1890 (that was in 1980) which doesn't have any valid thing to add to my life.
No man..... do what YOU want in your life. Not what someone else wants. You only live ones.
Thanks for sharing such treasurable footage
Fascinating. My Dad was born in Hong Kong in 1949. Different world!
Thank you very much for your sharing! Hong Kong is my hometown but it is my first time to see this city at 1949!
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:)
the officals r corrupted as fk..
But the civilians have the Lion Rocks spirits. I was born in the 60’s and witnessed the evolution of Hk
Thanks you Michael for uploading this precious film❤
This video deserves a lot more views
@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.
Nothing on the hills that time. Great that u save this amazing videos.
(What may seem trivial, but is actually quite significant: Please understand these are not "videos"; rather these are "films".)
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.
Fascinating film. I visited in 1995, staying in a guest house in Kowloon.
Thank you for up loading the valuable and memorable clips
Thanks for letting me know how my town look like in the pass
Past*😊
This dude is the OG vlogger, probably my fav vlogger by now
Amazing variety of cinema footage. Priceless. Short haircuts, not long braids.
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.
The lifestyle is so similar to ours back that time!
greeting from Malaysia
Hi Michael. Thank you for sharing this timeless footage and your experience.
Omg sir you’re the og vlogger this is amazing
Thank you for sharing those priceless moments
Wow, you had a video camera back then? Great footage.
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.