Kung Hei Fat Choy

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2020
Date Released
19 Feb 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Heart Awards
  2. 2Butterflies Back Britain
  3. 3New to You?
  4. 4Sleep Sweeter
  5. 5Kung Hei Fat Choy

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kung Hei Fat Choy Chinese New Year Celebrations. DESCRIPTION: That’s Chinese for Happy New Year - a February celebration in Hong Kong. We visit the island - and see how they’re tackling the fantastic housing problem, aggravated by the vast influx of people from Communist China. SHOTLIST: GV pan jet airliner flies into Hong Kong. LAS neon sign Kung Hei Fat Choy, pan to brightly lit street. LAS brightly lit building. MS inhabitants performing dragon dance. MS ditto. MS sign Closed Area, pan to Chinese border. GV crowds look across border. GV Chinese paddy fields. TS crowd of refugees during China’s Communist revolution. TS ditto. TS baby on mother’s back. GV the resulting refugee shanties and slums. GV pan up ditto. GV blocks of multi-storey flats in modern Hong Kong. GV zoom up block of flats. GV washing hung from balconies of flats. LAS pan ditto. MS children at play. MS ditto. Trucking shot of new flats. Low angle trucking shot ditto. Air to ground shot of new flats from harbour. GV fishing boats assembled at the fishing village of Aberdeen. GV ditto. MS camera being taken out of shop window in Hong Kong. MS girl assistant showing the camera to a customer in the shop. MCU girl assistant. MS record player. CU watch being examined. MS dragon dance being performed. GV brightly lit Hong Kong street. MS neon sign on building. MS ditto. MS decorations over street, pan up to neon sign on building Kung Hei Fat Choy. Excellent stock shots day and night - also aerials of Hong Kong.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Aviation; Shops and shopping; Social conditions; Celebrations and festivals; Displaced persons
Locations
China; Hong Kong
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
93235
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
216
Story extras:
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