Cosa Nostra Asia - Chris Mitchum (1974) - Kai Tak Airport

On no fewer than three occasions we are shown footage of a plane landing at Kai Tak in order to shift the story back to Hong Kong. Thankfully, each of the clips is different so I have included them below. I know I have a few aviation geeks who read this stuff, so please feel free to enlighten me as to the planes and airlines. This first sequence was shot from the harbour-side of the runway as the plane lands from the west.

My local, more knowledgable friend has suggested the following, feel free to correct if necessary: "First sequence looks like a KLM DC-8-63 in 'white top' livery. The second one is either a DC-8 or 707...The third is an Alitalia DC-8, just based on the fact that Alitalia didn't fly 707s until later".

The second sequence looks very likely it was shot from the top of Checkerboard Hill because it looks like the swimming pools in Kowloon Tsai Park at the bottom of the frame.

The final sequence was filmed from the north side of the runway with Hong Kong Island in the background.