After leaving the airport in the girl's car, there is a rather nice panning shot as the car travels south along Nathan Road at the junction with Gascoigne Road. In the top image the camera is looking north towards the junction with Public Square Street. The small building that looks like a house is actually the old Yau Ma Tei Government School. It was built in 1905 and demolished in the mid-70s - not a bad life span for a building in Hong Kong. The white building on the left hand side, covered in scaffolding, is the Kowloon Government Office building. It looks as though the film captured the building as it was being given its finishing touches as it was opened the same year (it's still there for the time being).
In the lower image you can see the Alhambra building on the right hand side on the corner of Kansu Street. The block of smaller shophouse buildings on the other side of the road was replaced by Honour House and the Hang Shing Building with the old Fortuna Hotel the next building along.
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