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Zhuo Gui Zou Bie (1959 Film)

aka: He Has Taken Her for Another

Director

Ku Wen Chung

Feature film version of The Comedy of Errors. Two pairs of twin sisters Yuluan and Yufeng, Chunxiang and Qiuxiang were separated during a war. Fifteen years later Yufeng and her maid Qiu travel to Hong Kong...

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Macao - Hong Kong’s Neighbour

Date released

20 Oct 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1063A

NoS ID

016003

Story no

3 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Macao Territory - Hong Kong’s Neighbour. DESCRIPTION: The oldest foreign colony in the Far East, Macao, is also very much in the news, for it is on the coast right opposite Hong Kong...

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Refugees Turned Back

Date released

24 May 1962

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

62/42

NoS ID

110195

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Thousands pouring in from China are turned back by already overcrowded colony.

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HMS Amethyst Leaves for Home

Date released

22 Sep 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1059A

NoS ID

015961

Story no

4 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: HMS Amethyst Leaves for Home. DESCRIPTION: A farewell party was held aboard the Amethyst before she sailed for home. Due to weather conditions her sailing time was altered and only a...

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Sheng Si Tong Xin (1956 Film)

aka: Life and Death Together

Director

Chiang Wai-kwong

Producer

Kwan Chi-kin

Feature film based on Romeo and Juliet. The family feuds between the Chus and the Laws are aggravated by the romance between Chu Lai-Ngo and Law Mo-yin. Chu fakes her death to evade an arranged marriage....

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Shi Dai Yuan Chou Er Nu Qing (1959 Film)

aka: Feud and Love

Director

Cheng Kang

Feature film based on Romeo and Juliet. Zhu Xiaoli is saved from drowning by Dawei, a member of the Luo clan against whom the Zhu clan bear grudges. Xiaoli’s brother Biao challenges Luo to a duel and...

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Tong Lin Niao (1950 Film)

aka: Tragedy of Vendetta

Director

Doe Ching

Feature film based on Romeo and Juliet. A Tibetan girl, Cai Tingting, falls in love with Liang Zuyi, a member of the Cais clan with whom her family has a long standing feud. Liang is banished for killing her...

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Civil Engineering (1995 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at the successes of the British civil engineering industry, noted for innovative design and engineering techniques, original approaches to financing and international co-operation and work to the...

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War Pictorial News. Issue 240 (1945 Film)

Subject

History

Distribution

Film (16mm)

'War Pictorial News’ was an official newsreel series which ran throughout the war and for a period after it. No 240 (December 1945) includes events such as the evacuation of children from Berlin,...

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Around China with a Movie Camera: A Journey from Beijing to Shanghai, 1900 - 1948 (2016)

Subject

Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 minutes), £11.99

This DVD is a compilation of home movies, travelogues and newsreels, made by British and French filmmakers, from professionals to tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries. The collection...

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