Universal Newsreel - tensions in Hong Kong; 1949
Newsreel report on mounting tensions as the Chinese Communist Party takes control of mainland China, adjacent to the British colony of Hong Kong, where colonial control by the British is tightened by reinforcing troop numbers and deploying field artillery on manoeuvres. Also includes views of police carrying out searches on people crossing the border, everyday life on a steep pedestrian street with steps, communist newspapers being distributed, aeroplanes of the Royal Air Force, wide shots of Victoria and aerial views of the city; precise dates unknown, possibly October 1949. (Universal Newsreel_Episode 1949 – ABMA707K)
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Editorial #:
1358101135
Collection:
BBC Editorial
Date created:
October 01, 1949
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:22:16
Location:
Hong Kong
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 25p
Source:
BBC Editorial
Object name:
1949zohongkongoctober
- China - East Asia,
- Chinese Communist Party,
- 1949,
- Newsreel,
- Chiang Kai Shek,
- Chinese Culture,
- Communism,
- Newspaper,
- Suspicion,
- 1940-1949,
- 20th Century,
- Aerial View,
- Air Force,
- Aircraft Point of View,
- Airplane,
- Archival,
- Armed Forces,
- Armored Tank,
- Army,
- Army Soldier,
- Artillery,
- Asia Pac,
- Bay of Water,
- Black And White,
- British Culture,
- British Military,
- Building Exterior,
- City,
- City Life,
- City Street,
- Cityscape,
- Close-up,
- Colonialism,
- Colony - Group of Animals,
- Colony - Territory,
- Conflict,
- Control,
- Empire,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Flying,
- Geographical Border,
- Gun,
- HD Format,
- High Angle View,
- History,
- Hong Kong,
- Hong Kong Island,
- Imperialism,
- Lifestyles,
- Market - Retail Space,
- Mountain,
- News Event,
- Next To,
- Police Force,
- Postwar,
- Produced Segment,
- Propaganda,
- Propeller,
- Protection,
- RAF,
- Real Life,
- Real People,
- Real Time Video,
- Report - Produced Segment,
- Searching,
- Skyscraper,
- Steps,
- UK,
- Urban Skyline,
- Victoria - Hong Kong,
- Victoria Peak,
- Video with Sound,
- View Into Land,