Village on the Move

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1644

Date Released

5 Dec 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Village on the Move
2. 2Give a Toy
3. 3A Big Catering Job
4. 4Wedding Bells
5. 5Fred Cleaned Up
6. 6Up against It

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 6

Summary

To provide more water for Hong Kong’s millions, they’re building a reservoir on near-by Lantao Island. But a 600-year-old village will be submerged in the process, and 50 families were moving. When Chinese move house, they themselves make a thorough job it it, and nothing is overlooked, not even their roof-tiles! The first part of the journey was along the island road to the embarkation place. Then, a few miles by ferry, with hardly a backward glance at Lantao. Their new homes, modern block of flats, were to be in the New Territories on the mainland, opposite Hong Kong.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Displaced persons; Engineering

Locations

China

Card file number

81500A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

128

Story extras:

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