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A prewar cruise down the Rhine, Germany A prewar cruise down the Rhine, Germany
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 547 seconds

Cruising down the river in 1938. You hear a German schlager 'Ja, das ist meine Melodie', a Dutch song about the Rhein, and Auf Wiederseh'n, which was unlikely as the war broke out next year.


Visiting colourful  Cornwall in 1938 Visiting colourful Cornwall in 1938
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 256 seconds

A prewar visit to Polperro near Fowey, South-west of England and thereafter change of the guard at Windsor castle. I'm afraid that the scottish music is ill-chosen, but cannot be changed anymore.


An Inuit/Eskimo family in the Arctic 1959 An Inuit/Eskimo family in the Arctic 1959
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 978 seconds

The barren life of an Inuit family and their children in Nunavut, Arctic Canada more than fifty years ago.


Boy of Mumbai, India, in 1967 Boy of Mumbai, India, in 1967
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 897 seconds

The life of a boy 45 years ago in Bombay/Mumbai. I wonder whether children's life has changed much


A Romanian boy\ A Romanian boy's life in the sixties (2)
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 777 seconds

Final part of this educational film showing peasant life in Romania. I cannot make out when but I guess it is in the sixties.


A Romanian boy\ A Romanian boy's life in the sixties
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 413 seconds

The hardships of a Romanian boy and his family were probably romanticised in this movie for American classrooms.It is not clear whether Nicolae Ceau?escu was already in power. He was so in 1965.


Malayan jungle fighting in 1952 (3) Malayan jungle fighting in 1952 (3)
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 576 seconds

After High Commissioner Sir Henry Gurney was ambushed and murdered Lieutenant General Gerald Templer took over command. We see him inspecting the troops in Dungun, Terrengganu.


Kuala Lumpur 1952: cricket whilst fighting goes on Kuala Lumpur 1952: cricket whilst fighting goes on
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 413 seconds

During the jungle warfare in Malaya in the early fifties there was always time for cricket, thereafter inspection of the troops at kampong Tukai.


Malaya\ Malaya's jungle fight in 1952
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 438 seconds

From a newsreel reportage of 1952. Two more instalments to come.


Japan in the seventies (2) 70????? Japan in the seventies (2) 70?????
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 635 seconds

Second and final part of an educational film for American school children forty years ago


Looking back at Japan in the seventies 70????? Looking back at Japan in the seventies 70?????
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 485 seconds

This is how American children were shown how Japan looked like forty years ago.


Birma Myanmar Mandaley in 1970 Birma Myanmar Mandaley in 1970
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 590 seconds

Second part of a German couple's super 8 travelogue of a visit to this so long closed country, admiring the impressive temples and the typical markets


Flight to Bagan, Birma, Myanmar, in 1970 Flight to Bagan, Birma, Myanmar, in 1970
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 376 seconds

A visit of a German couple to what was then called Birma, but now Myanmar, more than forty years ago. Visit to the Bagan countryside with its beautful temples, amongst which the Ananada. Thereafter they went by plane to Mandalay.


Trip to mystical Nepal in 1970 Trip to mystical Nepal in 1970
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 712 seconds

A German couple's visit to Kathmandu and outlying regions 42 years ago. This was recorded on super 8 film.


A boy\ A boy's life in Himalayan Nepal 1978
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 763 seconds

This is what a boy's life looked like at the feet of the Himalayas 35 years ago. Wonder whether much has changed since then.


Japan:  Ama divers 55 years ago ?? Japan: Ama divers 55 years ago ??
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 368 seconds

From an old movie taken on Hegura island around 1957. A shinto priest purifies a holy site. More information invited.


Egypt 1951, beyond the pyramids Egypt 1951, beyond the pyramids
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 1048 seconds

An American couple makes a journey up the Nile passing the pyramids, Thebes, statue of Rameses II, Karnak, Edfu, Memphis, Komombo. Finally they return home passing Gibraltar


Admiring Tunesian antiquities in 1951 Admiring Tunesian antiquities in 1951
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 203 seconds

A short visit to sites in Tunesia sixty years ago. The Kairouran mosque, ElDjem, the Roman colosseum Thysdrus, Sfax at the gulf of Gabes.


Sightseeing in Algeria 60 years ago Sightseeing in Algeria 60 years ago
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 838 seconds

On their cruise in 1951 an American couple visits Algeria and its oasis Sidi Okba, Choumicha, balcons de Rouffi, Timgad, Trajan's arch and Constantine.


Visiting Jerusalem, Israel in 1951 Visiting Jerusalem, Israel in 1951
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 376 seconds

A visit to the Holy Land sixty years ago. Jerusalem "Davidīs gate" "sea of Galilee" Tiberius, Mt. Beatitude, Haifa


Visiting peaceful Beirut, Damascus in 1951 Visiting peaceful Beirut, Damascus in 1951
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 848 seconds

A visit to the Lebanon when all was still relatively quiet. From Beirut to Damascus and the the temples, mosques.


Cruise to colorful Greece in 1951 Cruise to colorful Greece in 1951
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 426 seconds

A cruise 61 years ago along some cities on the Greek isles, Nicosia, Kyrenia, Bellapaise abbey, Rhodes, Cyprus and finally Istanbul. The cruise will be continued to Lebanon in a next clip.


Cruise to peaceful Yugoslavia in 1951 Cruise to peaceful Yugoslavia in 1951
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 735 seconds

Cruise to then relatively peaceful Yugoslavia under Tito. Istria, Pila,Dubrovnik, Split. Often boards are seen with cyrilic script, which was taught in schools, but nowadays abandoned in many states.


Greece 1954: Santorini and Delos Greece 1954: Santorini and Delos
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 387 seconds

A cruise by an American couple in 1954 to these beautiful islands. On Delos the terrace and avenue of the Naxian lions are admired.


Sailing to Tunis and Malta in 1954 Sailing to Tunis and Malta in 1954
Posted by: MichaelRogge

Video duration: 373 seconds

An American couple cruises to Tunis and thereafter to Malta nine years after WW2 ended. I do not think so much has changed since.