History 历史

A 16mm film of Hong Kong BCC in 1930. Then already a great port. At the end of the clip some scenes are shown from Canton Guangzhou. 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

From an old 16mm film. Sound added by me. See my other 1150 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

The final shots taken by a Frenchman long ago. Sound by me. The Ming tombs were in the course of restoration. With a steamtrain the Great Wall was visited. It was great to discover the world at that time. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Visit my website ‘Man and […]

An old 8mm film. In bad storage condions it became wobbly, yet still presentable. Wikipedia says of this town: Chichicastenango, also known as Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, is a town in the El Quiché department of Guatemala, known for its traditional K’iche’ Maya culture. The Spanish conquistadors gave the town its name from the Nahuatl name […]

An old by tropical heat affected 8mm film shows Guatemala some 65 years ago. The city of Ouetzaltenango was once the city of the Maya peope, Totonicapan for its hot springs. A lot of bashing and washing there. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my photo’s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12350343@N04/ Visit […]

Zo maar een familie 8mm filmpje uit de oude tijd. Kris Kras door Nederlnd. Op het etiket staat ook , Bergen aan Zee. Warempel is er ook de laatste rit van de Waterland tram bij. In Edam? Geluid heb ik zelf bijgevoegd. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my […]

Een oud familiefilmpje uit 1962. Opgenomen in Castricum, Drenthe, Hoorn, Callantsoog en Vaals. Ik heb er geluid bijgezet. See my other 1150 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

Almost fifty years ago it was a loosing battle between US factories and the drill of the Japanese. See my clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpiWx5_J6Dg. The Sylvania factory in New York is compared to that of Matsushita in Japan. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my photo’s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12350343@N04/ Visit my website […]

Merv Thomas visited the British colony in 1981 and made this fine super 8 picture See my other 1150 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

Merv Thomas visited Ho Chi Minh city in the 80s. Doesn’t give the exact year. See my other 1150 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