- Title: VM-570A
- Summary: BENEATH THE DREAM: LOOKS AT OVER CROWDED POPULATION PROBLEM OF HONG KONG. LOW INCOME HOUSING APARTMENT BLOCKS. SCHOOLS BUILT ON ROOF TOPS. OVER CROWDED LIVING CONDITIONS.
- Description:04:43:39 - HIGH PAN OVER HONG KONG CIRCA 1970s 04:44:17 - CU SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CLASSROOMS DOING SCHOOL WORK, TEACHER SUPERVISING 04:44:41 - HONG KONG CITY STREET SCENES, OUTDOOR FOOD MARKETS WEIGHING FRUITS, VEGETABLES ON SCALE. 04:44:57 - TILT UP LAUNDRY HANGING FROM APARTMENT BALCONIES OVER CROWDED LIVING CONDITIONS 04:45:20 - MS WOMAN HANGING OUT LAUNDRY TO DRY ON LAUNDRY LINE STRUNG UP BETWEEN BUILDINGS 04:45:24 - WOMEN CROUCHED IN SMALL APARTMENT FILLING BOWLS WITH WATER, MAN WALKING COVERING HIS FACE, BLOWING HIS NOSE WALKING INTO APARTMENT. OLD WOMAN ON BALCONY, WOMAN WALKING IN COURTYARD FILLED WITH JUNK. TRASH. ZOOMS BACK TO SHOW OVER CROWDED OVER POPULATED APARTMENT BLOCK 04:46:01 - OVER CROWDED HONG KONG STREETS. FOLLOWS WOMAN DOWN STREET PAST OUTDOOR FRUIT & VEGETABLE STANDS 04:46:37 - PANS UP APARTMENT BUILDING 04:46:48 - CHILDREN PLAYING ON TOP OF LOW INCOME APARTMENT BLOCK. PANS ACROSS TO ANOTHER ROOFTOP WHERE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING 04:47:14 - INTERIOR SCHOOL CLASS ROOM, TEACHER WALKING BEHIND STUDENTS CHECKING THEIR WORK 04:48:09 - CU TEACHER POINTING TO LETTERS WRITTEN IN CHALK ON BLACKBOARD ENGLISH LETTERS. LEARNING THE ENGLISH ALPHABET 04:48:17 - SCHOOL CHILDREN AT RECESS PLAYING "LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN" 04:48:49 - LS PAN MASSIVE OVER CROWDED APARTMENT BLOCKS UP TO SCHOOL BUILT ON TOP OF ROOF 04:49:03 - CHILDREN ROLLER SKATING IN STREETS CHILDREN PLAYING. BOY RIDING BICYCLE. 04:50:16 - LITTLE GIRL WALKING ON BALCONY TOWARD CAMERA 04:50:22 - INTERIOR OF OVER CROWDED APARTMENT, POTS HANGING EVERYWHERE, BEDS EVERYWHERE, BABY SLEEPING, GRANDMOTHER & CHILDREN WORKING ON FLOOR STRINGING BEADS ON NECKLACES. MAKING BEAD NECKLACES 04:51:40 - PANS ROOM WITH FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH HANGING, EVERY INCH OF SPACE COMPLETELY COVERED 04:52:00 - PANS NEXT DOOR LOOKING IN THROUGH WIRE FENCING WHERE SAME SCENARIO IS BEING PLAYED OUT, WOMAN WITH MANY CHILDREN STRINGING NECKLACES. CU SMALL BOY TRYING TO COORDINATE FINGERS WITH NEEDLE 04:52:31 - CHILDREN MAKING ARTIFICIAL FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS PANS TO EXTREMELY LARGE FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH. 04:53:41 - MS OLD WOMAN SITTING ON GROUND STRINGING BEADS ON NECKLACE WITH CHILDREN WALKING BACK & FORTH CU OLD HANDS MAKING NECKLACE 04:54:03 - CU WOMAN TALKING INTO MIC MICROPHONE. MS AUDIENCE LISTENING. CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION BRANCH MEETING 04:54:41 - POV DRIVING PAST APARTMENT BLOCKS 04:54:56 - CHILDREN LOOKING AT BOOKS IN MOBILE LIBRARY CU PICTURE BOOKS. CU BOY PICKING BOOK FROM SHELF IN MOBILE LIBRARY 04:56:40 - POV LOOKING DOWN AT CHILDREN LINED UP IN FRONT OF MOBILE LIBRARY 04:56:45 - CU LITTLE GIRL LEANING OVER BALCONY LOOKING DOWN AT CHILDREN. MS BOY DOING SAME 04:56:51 - VARIOUS TYPES OF BOATS ON CHU RIVER, SAILING BOATS, FERRY, FISHING BOATS, 04:57:04 - CHILDREN WALKING DOWN WOODEN LADDER FROM HOUSE BOATS. OVERCROWDED DOCKS COVERED IN HOUSE BOATS 04:59:16 - CU MONTAGE FISH HANGING UPSIDE DOWN. DRYING FISH OLD WOMAN LAYING OUT FISH TO DRY 04:59:27 - POV ON BOAT NAVIGATING BETWEEN BOATS IN CROWDED DOCK. BOATS FILLED WITH PEOPLE & HANGING CLOTHING 05:00:18 - CU PEOPLE LIVING ON BOATS FROM YOUNG BOY TO OLD WOMAN 05:00:54 - POV PULLING AWAY FROM DOCKS ON BOAT 05:01:05 - MONTAGE PEOPLE LIVING ON BOATS 05:01:32 - APARTMENT CLUSTER WHERE 18,000 PEOPLE LIVE IN OVERCROWDED CONDITIONS. CHILDREN ON ROOF TOP EXERCISING IN COMMUNITY CENTER 05:02:10 - WOMEN AT MOTHER'S CLUB IN DISCUSSION GROUP 05:03:20 - YOUNG BOYS ON STREET SELLING NEWSPAPERS 05:03:38 - LS PAN LOW INCOME HOUSING APARTMENTS 05:03:47 - HONG KONG AT NIGHT 05:03:53 - CU RECORD SPINNING ON RECORD PLAYER, GIRLS DANCING 05:05:41 - CHILDREN PLAYING IN WATER AT THE BEACH, PICKING UP SEAWEED, CHASING WAVES, HAVING A PICNIC, CU CAMP FIRE. COOKING SOME KIND OF WINGED ANIMALS OVER OPEN FIRE WITH SKEWERS 05:07:49 - HONG KONG CITY SCENES, DOUBLE DECKER BUSES CU TOURIST TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS, MONTAGE TOURISTS WALKING SHOPPING SIGHT SEEING 05:08:42 - WOMAN WASHING CLOTHING OUTDOORS, CHILDREN HELPING PLAYING IN THE WATER 05:09:06 - TILT DOWN SHIP'S MAST ONTO CHILDREN HAVING LESSONS ABOARD BOAT 05:09:48 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-570A