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.