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荷蘭攝影師Michael Rogge 攝影集記錄1950年代香港面貌

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Old quiet Macau in 1955 澳门

Macau and Taipa (two major islands of Macau) when it was still quiet and peaceful.

Note the perfect matching mediterranean style background music when Macau was a like a mimic of a typical small Portugal port in 1950s. (Today, you have to see the remnants in the old town area of Macau.)  

In between, voices of people on the streets were retained as intact at the moment of being sound recorded when the music was silence. That allowed sounds of history to travel across the space of time to enable the viewers to vividly feel as if we are 'on the spot' or the people from the scenes had been brought back to life again.

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Hong Kong awakening (1953)

Award winning film produced by Michael Rogge. He was arrested by military police for trespassing (unknowingly) on military out of bounds terrain to get a good panoramic view. (Released immediately after his credentials were checked)

Dedicate to my hometown, bless you. May the dawn come soon.

Under the camera of Rogge,  my hometown was like some famous Greece islands’ sunrise and sunset.

Initially, many of Rogge’s short films were without narrations and music. gradually he added the music back and some with narrations. I don’t know how he sourced those Chinese music that matched the eras of when his hundreds of films were produced. It was tremendous efforts for a Westerner. His multicultural talents are amazing. 

In one of Rogge’s short film, he even managed to put a 50-70s popular lullaby as background music. And that brought me back to the cozy assuring arms of my mother and various na na (s) who babysat me.

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(Michael Rogge)

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Film clip of Hong Kong harbour in 1960, from Michael Rogge