Monday, December 30, 2019

Hong Kong (series) - Rod Taylor (1960) - Jordan Road Vehicular Ferry, Kowloon

Here's one from Love, Honor and Perish that had me scratching my head for a while because I couldn't figure out where it could be. In the show this is supposed to be a ferry from Hong Kong to Macau but in reality is just one of the old vehicular ferries that ran between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island in pre-Cross Harbour Tunnel days. However, there is a problem because the ridge line at the back doesn't really match up with anywhere in Hong Kong...


...until you reverse the images and then the familiar Kowloon ridges of Beacon Hill and Lion Rock are suddenly revealed. So we are obviously looking at a boat just departing the Jordan Road ferry pier. This was filmed in the days before the Ferry Point Estate was constructed and there was a clear view to the mountains.

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