City Hall was opened in 1962 and was fairly new when the French production, L'inconnue de Hongkong (aka Stranger from Hong Kong) arrived to film here in 1963. The movie was shot in black and white which adds a nice bit of atmosphere to these images shot under the covered walkway between the low and high blocks of the building. I was here today to visit the library and took the opportunity (in the absolutely sweltering ehat I hasten to add) to try and get some modern day comparisons.
The sequence shows Mitzi (Tania Béryl) walking along the walkway silhouetted by the bright sunshine behind her.
I couldn't quite get the angle right for the next comparison because there is a fast food restaurant in the place where I needed to stand. So you can see the Supreme Court Building (now the Court of Final Appeal) is in full view rather than being partially covered by the pillar.
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