History 历史

The yearly event more than half a century ago filmed by a British police officer.. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

Trip by a British police officer, his wife and dog by freighter from Kuching via Sibu and Jesselton to Hong Kong. Visit to Aberdeen and then back again See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

From Kuching, Sarawak, to Singapore 55 years ago was quite an undertaking. A police officer and his wife staying in the fabulous Raffles Hotel. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

The police officer and his wife continue their journey from Singapore to Penang. Alas, they have passed away by now. See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

From a 16mm Kodachrome film when the Congo was not yet named The Democratic Republic of the Congo source

Final part of a 16mm documentary on a visit to the Belgian colony in 1956. After its independence it is called ‘The Democratic Republic of the Congo’ See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

A visit to Nepal half a century ago – undergoing its spell – Kathmandu, Patan Bagdaen, Pashupatinas, Bodnath See my other 1150 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

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 […]

Thai famers have a hard life and are heavily taxed by the government. Many lost possession of their land and had to lease it. This clip shows a community on the Menam river increasing their crop by planting twice instead of once a year. For that irrigation systems had to be introduced although their buffaloes […]