- Title: VM-589B
- Summary: SINGAPORE MY SINGAPORE: SINGAPORE. URBAN RENEWAL. URBAN REDEVELOPMENT. PEOPLE'S PARK. SHOP HOUSES. INDUSTRIAL NORTHWEST. RECLAMATION SCHEME. FILLING IN SWAMP LAND.
- Description:05:12:02 - HS FOLLOWING SINGAPOREAN ON CITY BUILDING'S ROOF TOP. LEANS OVER EDGE, LOOKING OUT AT SINGAPORE CITYSCAPE AS SEEN FROM ROOFTOP 05:12:51 - SINGAPOREAN CONCERT, MAN SINGING INTO MICROPHONE ON COLORFULLY DECORATED STAGE 05:13:03 - MONTAGE SINGAPORE CITY STREET SCENES, LITTLE BOY WEARING KNAPSACK, BACKPACK WALKING, STEEL MILL FACTORY, SCHOOL CHILDREN PLAYING SPORTS IN LARGE OPEN URBAN FIELD, HIGH RISES IN B/G 05:13:27 - ZOOM OUT BRITISH FLAG HANGING ON FREIGHTER 05:13:33 - HS AS IF ON BRIDGE LOOKING DOWN AT CARS, TRAFFIC PASSING BELOW, SINGAPORE. CARS CIRCA 1960s 05:13:39 - EXT/NIGHT: POV WALKING IN SINGAPORE, OUTDOOR MARKETS, WORKING AT NIGHT, VENDERS SELLING WARES IN STALLS, PEOPLE'S PARK 05:14:26 - CU SINGAPOREAN LOOKING DOWN TO STREET FROM ROOF TOP, SPEAKING. LOOKING ACROSS THE STREET THREE STORY "SHOP" HOUSES, GROUND FLOORS HOUSE SHOPS, FAMILIES LIVE ON SECOND & THIRD FLOORS. OVERCROWDED URBAN LIVING CONDITIONS 05:15:39 - PAN SINGAPORE FROM ROOFTOP, ROAD SPLITS, TRAFFIC CIRCLE, ROUNDABOUT 05:16:29 - POV FLYING OVER SINGAPORE, HARBOR, OVERCROWDED ISLAND 05:17:01 - POV WALKING THROUGH MARKETPLACE, CROWDED WITH SHOPPERS. PEOPLE'S PARK 05:17:33 - MS CLOTHES HANGING TO DRY ON SECOND & THIRD STORIES OF URBAN BUILDINGS, SHOP HOUSES, STORES ON GROUND FLOORS 05:17:37 - MS DRIVER BACKING UP FLAT BED TRUCK, WORKER STANDING IN BACK OF TRUCK GUIDING DRIVER 05:17:53 - DOCK WORKERS UNLOADING SMALL BOATS CARGO, PANS WATER FRONT, HARBOR AREA 05:18:49 - CU HUGE MAP OF SINGAPORE ON WALL, SINGAPOREAN POINTING OUT SOUTHERN HARBOR AREA 05:19:03 - HS BUSY CROWDED HARBOR, SINGAPORE 05:19:24 - HS PAN INDUSTRIAL NORTHWEST AREA OF SINGAPORE 05:19:47 - ZOOM OUT BRITISH MILITARY SHIP DOCKED, TWO BRITISH MILITARY PERSONNEL IN UNIFORM, SHORTS WALKING ON DOCKS. HS PAN BRITISH NAVEL BASE, DOCKS 05:20:35 - BUSY SINGAPORE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC JAM OVERCROWDED CITY CONDITIONS 05:20:52 - CU MAP OF PROPOSED MASS TRANSIT LINE, STATE & CITY PROJECT. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEER LECTURING TO SINGAPOREAN STUDENTS, PLANNERS, UN CONSULTANTS. DISCUSSION FOLLOWS 05:23:26 - POV CROSSING OVER RICKETY BRIDGE, BUMPY ROAD TO INDUSTRIAL AREA, TRUCKS DUMPING LOADS OF DIRT, FILLING IN SWAMP LAND, CREATING MORE SPACE ON AN OVERCROWDED ISLAND. RECLAMATION SCHEME. BUILDING HOUSING ESTATE ON FILLED IN SWAMP LAND 05:24:58 - ZOOM OUT APARTMENT, HOUSING, CHINESE FLAGS HANGING ON BUILDINGS, LAUNDRY HANGING OUT TO DRY, URBAN CLOTHES LINES 05:25:25 - HS PAN NEWLY REBUILT PART OF SINGAPORE. URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 05:26:52 - POV WALKING THROUGH MARKETPLACE, NIGHT & DAY SCENES, TRADITIONAL SHOPPING CENTER, SINGAPORE. 05:28:25 - INTERVIEWER CONDUCTING A SURVEY, INTERVIEWING CITIZENS AT "PEOPLE'S PARK", HOW OFTEN TO THEY SHOP THERE, WHAT DO THEY SHOP FOR, ETC.. 05:31:22 - HS PAN PEOPLE'S PARK, STALLS, MARKETPLACE, 05:31:51 - INTERVIEWER CONDUCTING SURVEY, INTERVIEWING MARKETPLACE VENDERS, STALL HOLDERS, GETTING FEEDBACK FROM MERCHANTS 05:34:25 - CU SIGN READS: MIN HO RESTAURANT, PEOPLE'S PARK "SERVED" CANTONESE FOOD. PANS TO LARGE ROUND TABLE OF MEN EATING OUTDOORS USING CHOP STICKS CU PLATES, BOWLS OF CHINESE FOOD 05:35:11 - CU WORKERS TEARING DOWN BUILDINGS, PEOPLE'S PARK OLD SECTION OF TOWN 05:35:22 - REBUILDING PEOPLE'S PARK, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILDING, MODERNIZING SINGAPORE. 05:35:54 - MS CROUCHING OLD WOMAN SIFTING THROUGH RUBBLE OF TORN DOWN BUILDINGS 05:36:01 - HS REBUILT, MODERN PEOPLE'S PARK, SINGAPORE, CARS CIRCA 1960s.CU PEOPLE'S PARK SIGN 05:36:23 - CUSTOMERS SHOPPING AT MODERN PEOPLE'S PARK, NEW IMPROVED STALLS, URBAN RENEWAL 05:38:06 - POV WALKING THROUGH SINGAPORE STREETS, OUTDOOR STALLS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-589B