Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Kai Tak Airport - Part 2, Kowloon City

The second trip to Kai Tak in this film is when the two protagonists manage to bluff their way as chopper pilots for the dodgy shipment to Singapore by planting drugs on the helicopter to get the original pilots arrested. It looks like the film company had a free run of a section of the apron at the southern end of the airport but I'm sure there are people out there who might be able to better pinpoint it. 

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun

In a marvelous feat of pursuit, Woods catches up with his target (a foreign doctor who has been administering drugs to his subdued victims) only a few minutes later but in a location that is on the other side of the new territories (you may remember Weiße Fracht für Hongkong achieving something similar, although in that film they walked it!).

Similar to that film as well, Woods eventually gets hold of his enemy on what looks to be the Kadoorie Pier. Again, this scene was still part of the "excursion to Singapore" portion of the film.

Castle Peak Bay before it was reclaimed for development

 In the last picture you can just see  a small portion of Boulder Lodge - the private mansion owned by the Kadoorie family (after who this pier/beach area is named) who are perhaps most famous in Hong Kong for owning and running the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels company (owner of the Peninsula) and China Light & Power etc.

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Tai Mong Tsai Road, Sai Kung

After his target escapes from him on Fung Sau Road, Woods catches up with the car on nearby Tai Mong Tsai Road and attempts (unsuccessfully) to stop him again there. Remember that this scene is still supposedly set in Singapore.

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Fung Sau Road, Sai Kung

This is another one of the HK locations that is actually supposed to be Singapore. In reality we are tucked away in a rather obscure part of Sai Kung just off the Tai Mong Tsai Road. The road is Fung Sau Road and back in 1969 it looks as though it had some rather nice large properties. One of which, called "Hornin House", looks like it was (or at least the front wall) was captured in the film.

The house was built in 1965 so the only surprising thing is that it is still around.

Note the area on the right in the film, these days it has been filled up by a development called Bay View Pavilion.

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Wader Studios, Kwai Chung

After rarely seeing Wader at all on this blog, it has been popping up left, right and centre throughout these German productions. In this film it is filling in as a freight processing centre in Singapore. The intrepid heroes have blagged their way into delivering a suspect cargo in an attempt to find out what may have happened to Woods' wife. However, Singapore was a bit beyond the films budget and so the crew just headed over to Kwai Chung and stuck a sign on the front of the studio block - much like they did in Heisser Hafen Hongkong.

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Aberdeen Harbour, Aberdeen

As soon as Woods arrives in Hong Kong, he meets up with his buddy here (played by Ralf Wolter - no stranger to HK thanks to his earlier appearance in Ein Sarg aus Hongkong). They sit and chat on a floating restaurant and talk about how they will find out what happened to Woods' missing wife.

The Tai Pak is in the background so it looks as though the actors are on one of the smaller, lesser-known, eateries, or perhaps just on one of the many houseboats that sat at the waterfront.

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay

A similar trip down Yee Wo Street as seen in Heisser Hafen Hongkong, although this time the camera angle is steeper as we pass by various buildings including the Hop Kwan Building, Great George Building (where Daimaru was located) and also a never-before-seen glimpse of the top of the Dairy Farm building that Thomas mentioned in this post.

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Kai Tak Airport - Part 1, Kowloon City

The airport scene is one of those that has been borrowed from another film, this time the first time we saw this sequence was back in Heisser Hafen Hongkong, shot in 1962. We've seen quite a bit of using old footage in these German productions so this is not really surprising.

The footage that is new to this film is the following scene showing Robert Woods disembarking from the plane and catching a cab at the front of the terminal. But at least they were able to keep some continuity by using an Air India aircraft for the 1969 section.

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Repulse Bay Road, Hong Kong

One of the early scenes shows a couple of local cops in the back of a squad car. The road they are driving along is Repulse Bay Road and if you cover one eye and squint really tightly you might just be able to make out some of the blurry background including one of the Eucliffe towers and the old Repulse Bay Hotel in the far distance.

Die Jungen Tiger von Hongkong - Robert Woods (1969) - Junk Bay, Tseung Kwan O

Another German film, this time shot in or just prior to 1969. This stars American actor, Robert Woods, as a husband coming to Hong Kong to search for his missing wife. The film also revolves around a bunch of rich playboys who get up to all sorts of illegal activity in a quest to fill in their spare time. The opening scene is of one of their own playing Russian Roulette for kicks on a beach in Junk Bay. The ridge line opposite is the headland in Yau Tong that ends at Lei Yue Mun. Devil's Peak is at the far right of the second picture. The massive changes in this area mean it's difficult to pinpoint the beach where the filming took place but my guess is it was in the area that now sits underneath the industrial estate.

Meteor - Sean Connery (1979) - Hollywood Road, Central

The last post from this film, this time not too far from a previous shot on Pottinger Street. As the mass is running away from the wave along Hollywood Road at the junction with Lyndhurst Terrace, it suddenly appears at the top and sweeps down the road. The curve here has changed much even though much of Lyndhurst Terrace seems to have been redeveloped.

Meteor - Sean Connery (1979) - Connaught Road, Central

The tsunami strikes Hong Kong Island after it washes away most of the Yau Ma Tei typhoon shelter. The first place it hits here is the waterfront between Jardine House and City Hall right smack on top of the Edinburgh Place carpark.

Meteor - Sean Connery (1979) - Java Road, North Point

Another brief scene showing the screaming masses (actually, most look like they are having a bit of a laugh being extras for the day) was filmed at the junction between North Point Road and Java Road over in North Point. The buildings at the front have since been redeveloped, but the ones at the back AND the pawn shop (全興大押 ) are still around. I believe the pawnshop has recently replaced that large red sign with a smaller LED one though.

Meteor - Sean Connery (1979) - Pottinger Street, Central

After seeing everyone rushing away from the typhoon shelter in Yau Ma Tei the next shot shows, supposedly, the same group of people as they rush up Pottinger Street in Central. I've got to admit, I think even with a tsunami bearing down on me I wouldn't be able to run even half as fast as they did to get there so quickly.

The lower photo shows the junction at Hollywood Road with the former Central Police Station compound in the background.

Meteor - Sean Connery (1979) - Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter, Kowloon

A second outing for Sean Connery on this blog although, similar to You Only Live Twice, he doesn't actually venture to Hong Kong in person. This film is a late 70's disaster movie which features Hong Kong as one of the locations around the globe that suffers the catastrophic affects of having small pieces of a larger meteor crashing into the sea just off the coast. Cue a massive tsunami that hits the territory and destroys everyone and everything in its path.

The Hong Kong scenes are basically just ones of mad panic as everyone runs away from the incoming wave. The first place to be hit is the old typhoon shelter in Yau Ma Tei. The top shot is the view looking north from the area of the Ferry Point Estate, showing the entirety of the shelter up to what was Cherry Street. The last two pictures show the southern end of the shelter with the Ferry Point Estate buildings in the background. Of course that whole area was reclaimed a long time ago and is now full of high-rise residential developments.