History 历史

An 8mm amateur film of the great Osaka World Exposition in which many countries participated. The American filmer then flew to Hong Kong about which another clip follows. See my other 1130 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my photo’s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12350343@N04/ Visit my website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

This is a perfect example of how one should not film or take videos. Waving with the camera trying to capture as much as possible in a few seconds ! I see it all the time – also here in Amnsterdam and pity the audiences who have to watch the results ! See my other […]

An 8mm film of a visit to the great capital almost half a century ago, although not that much may have changed at the Grand Palace, the Chao Phraya river and the elephant parks. See my other 1140 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my photo’s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12350343@N04/ Visit my website ‘Man and […]

8mm fil affected with fungus by tropical heat and dampness, It was taken near Fatehpur, Agar, Uttar Pradesh and at the end Jaipur Rajasthan, Palace3 of winds. See my other 1140 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my photo’s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12350343@N04/ Visit my website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

An super 8 record of a tour by Belgians to Tipperary, Kerry, Killarny, County Mayo in 1970, visiting the historic sites and typical towns. It took me a long time to figure out which places the Belgian commentary referred to and added sub-titles of would I found. See my other 1140 clips by searching YouTube […]

A Dutch couple took this 16mm film almost a century ago. Dino Cali commented: ‘Lower and Central Manhattan and Brooklyn, the Woolworth Building and the Metlife Tower (at the end)’. How much has changed in the meantime ? In the 17th century New York = Nieuw Amsterdam, was a Dutch settlement. We still lament having […]

A Dutch couple travels by ship to London after a visit to New York. Their visit to London will follow in my next clip. See my other 1140 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my photo’s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12350343@N04/ Visit my website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

A dutch couple visited almost a century ago the great city of London during their cruise. I’m groping in the dark as to which locations they visited. Trafalgar Square is easy, but all those gardens? did they belong to the Crystal Palace that burned down 11 years later? See my other 1140 clips by searching […]

A visit of dutch travellers to the great capital still mourning for casualties of the Great War. See my other 1140 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my photo’s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12350343@N04/ Visit my website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

A Dutch couple visits Rome, Italy, in 1925. A viewer gives this information: “The road, the “Via della Conciliazione”, leading up to the Vatican from Castel Sant’Angelo hadn’t been constructed by Mussolini yet in these movies. (It was begun in 1936.) The plaza in front of St. Peter’s looked here like it probably had since […]