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Modern Housing For Refugees

Modern Housing For Refugees
Clip: 425595_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1756
Original Film: 040-001-04
HD: N/A
Location: Hong Kong
Timecode: 00:03:54 - 00:05:17

Some 11 hundred villagers are moved from one community to modern apartments in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. The exodus is necessary since a man-made reservoir, sorely needed to boost fresh water, will soon cover their homes with a lake. The exodus of a whole village in Hong Kong. A dragon dance asking for God's blessing. CU Two men carrying a large chest, with cigarettes hanging out of their mouths. An elderly couple sitting among their worldly possessions. River boat ferries carry on the exodus with the new found refugees. A boat making it's way across the river loaded with refugees. Exterior shot of a new apartment building to house the refugees. The new residents from the old village acclimating themselves to a new environment, a new apartment building. A new resident looking down from his window to the street below, light traffic on the street.