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From an old silent 8mm film over 50 years old. I added a sound track. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

In an old 8mm movie an African woman discovers her beauty in a mirror presented to her. source

A unique personal impression of young British soldier, Andy Payne, who had a chance to spend his service time in fabulous Hong Kong. He portrays territory in a restricted area which outsiders would seldom see. But also made a trip to Victoria island. I should say that he stayed in Sheungshui, or Fanling. He commented […]

Taken at the Thaipusam festival in Singapore in 1959. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

A cinematographic record of the lives of a number of Japanese when the boom in their country began. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

55 jaar geleden werd Macau overstroomd door refugees from the mailland who fled for ‘the terror resulting from Mao Zedong’s ‘leap forward’ policy. Every month more than a thousand Chinese entered the Poirtugese colony. Some by swimming. Many lost their lives. Seen in this film are those who made it. Amongst them the blind. Western […]

An old educative 16mm film introduces the capital of Thailand in the sixties. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

8mm film of a German couple to Myanmar in the early sixties taken on 8mm film – silent. I have added a soundtrack myself. Actually I have not been able to find out where in Myanmar the film was taken and when. In a few days I’ll add part 2 a Burmese water festival. See […]

The final part of the 8mm travelogie of a German couple’s voyage to Myanmar around 1963. I have added a soundtrack myself. I have no idea where the festival was held. Rangoon/Yangon. The festval is held at new year according to the luni-solar Burmese calender. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael […]

From an almost a century old German documentary 16mm silent film. This may be the Hozu river near Kyoto. After WW2 tourists boating the rapids have replaced logging transport. Nowadays Japan has to import timber from abroad. See my other 1120 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Find my photo’s here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12350343@N04/ My website […]