Hong Kong Hotel in Vietnam. Another building nearby under construction. The windows and panes at the hotel. Wordings 'Hotel Hong Kong' on top of the entrance of the hotel.
The People’s Republic of China releases detained U.S. civilians in the Chinese border with British colony of Hong Kong. U.S. civilians cross "Bamboo Curtain," arriving to freedom in Hong Kong. U.S. civilians are freed by the Communist Chinese government after imprisonment and brain washing. Civilians include Catholic Church missionary Father Harold Rigney, Rector of the University of Beijing. A young naval intelligence officer and Fulbright Fellow student at Beijing University named Walter Allyn Rickett and his wife Adele are among the released prisoners. Former U.S. Flying Tiger pilot Lawrence Buol shows happiness after his release from China. Buol sits while Rickett drinks a bottle of soda after their release.
Animated map of Pacific region shows spreading Japanese offensive in the Southwest Pacific, flashes of Manila, Hong Kong, and the Malay jungle. People on the streets in Manila, Philippines. A boat in water. Scenes of Hong Kong port. People in markets. Scenes of Malaysia and Singapore. Thai tanks and troops marching through the streets of Bangkok. Scenes in Makassar on Celebes and on Sumatra. Japanese fleet at sea and planes in air. Japanese troops boarding landing craft from transports. Going ashore under cover of naval bombardment. Machine gunners and automatic rifleman firing. Infantry charging. Animated map of Pacific region. Japanese planes bombing Port Darwin in Australia. (World War II period).
A fashion parade in Malaya. The fashion parade starts with European styles moving eastward to India, Pakistan, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong and Burma. People gather from various places to watch the event. A model presents a dress. People watch. Men play music in the background. A model presents evening gown. Another model presents Indian Sari. A model wears Rajasthan dress. Model wearing Hyderabad costume. A model wears a Vietnamese Áo dài dress. Chinese women wearing modern Cheongsam dress and Hong Kong-style Samfu everyday attire.
A film about the war activities in Africa and Asia during the World War II. Aerial view of the North African Front. The British soldiers fire artillery. The soldiers carry an injured soldier on a stretcher. El Alamein, Egypt : Officers salute a convoy of jeeps. The Japanese soldiers aboard a ship in the Pacific ocean. A soldier loads his gun. The soldiers salute. A Japanese aircraft takes off. Hong Kong: Troops advance along the bombed area as Hong Kong falls. Thailand: An officer signs pact. A dead body in water near a damaged bridge. Men in a boat. The soldiers enter a damaged building. The Japanese occupation in the various parts of Asia. Animation depicts the Allied forces swept along the Pacific. Soldiers on a U.S. war ship.
British Crown Colony , Hong Kong. Chinese coolies using small hammers to break stones into gravel on a road in Victoria. Children walk on street. British officials in a building ignore an old Chinese man begging at entrance. Chinese children walking on road. Views in the Chinese district: residents squatting on the ground, cooking and eating, outside large thatch roofed dwellings. British Naval Officers in immaculate white uniforms, walk through the area. Chinese families, with small children. Chinese food vendors on sidewalks. Boats tied up at dock. Chinese workers unload cargoes from wooden boats, using manual capstans and winches and lines.