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Hong Kong Hails Rain

Hong Kong Hails Rain
Clip: 425233_1_1
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1723
Original Film: 037-040-03
HD: N/A
Location: Hong Kong
Timecode: 00:44:58 - 00:45:57

Nearly two years of drought ends as the rains come to this crown colony bordering Red China. Enough rain, it is hoped, to save some of their crops. Hong Kong A dried out rice field, the ground is cracked up. A man working in the field trying to water the plants the hard way. A Shrine is set up to a Chinese god s, an abundance of people are at the shrine to honor goddess. The Chinese goddess, a young woman is on her knees honoring the goddess. CUS - Man beating a drum, people hold a parade to give thanks for the rain, holding umbrellas. MS - A little girl doing a trick on a unicycle while held up in the air riding the unicycle on some bike tires. MS - A little girl doing a balancing act while she is carried standing on toys, that are being supported by a drum. A long line of people under the canopy of a dragon MS - The rain hitting the earth, camera pans up to some corn in a filed.