History 历史

British police-officer takes his wife on an outing to the interior of Sarawak fifty years ago. The children seen are old men by now (like me !) See my other 1060 clips by searching YouTube with ‘michael rogge’ Website ‘Man and the Unknown’ http://wichm.home.xs4all.nl/ source

An obvious propaganda film. source

US Air Force sergeants visit Bogota in the forties. source

An example how Far Eastern countries were represented in documentary films. This isa German documentary film showing India, Bali and Hawaii (I guess) According to an old 1937 German reportage India, was the land of dreams. This exotic film was projected as a home movie for families that could only dream of traveling abroad. The […]

US Airforce sergeants visit Peru after WW2. It is a quiet life they encounter. A viewer commented that this film might well have been taken in 1948/9. Another viewer mentioned that the first part of the film was taken in Quito, Ecuador. This was a silent Kodachrome colorfilm. I added sound. See my other 1100 […]

Japanese were so keen to have life-employment with big companies like Matsushita that they submitted to intense drill for optimum performance. Nowadays that lifetime employment is not always secure and total commitment has been relaxed. 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 ‘Man and […]

A documentary without soundtrack of the country nearly fifty years ago. Emphasis on Chinese opera and a training course. I had to improvise a soundtrack but am afraid that the opera music does not match. source

A silent documentary of traveling through China almost 50 years ago in the Mao Zedong era. Sound added later. source

An old documentary film gives glimpses of China just before Mao’s cultural revolution upheaval. Zhou Enlai is seen attending a banquet. But in contrast street scenes are seen showing that daily life went on as usual. There was no sound track so I improvised one. source

8mm silent film of a US Air Force sergeant. source