The famous island is only part of Hong Kong, as this intrepid amateur explorer-cum-filmmaker reveals in this intriguing travelogue.

Making up over 86% of Hong Kong, the New Territories beyond the famous island had been under British sovereignty for some 40 years before Edwin G Phillips toured the region with his wife, and recorded his travels on 8mm film. The footage was actually captured over 2½ years but is complied into one seamless trip, contrasting new trends, such as the smiling boy scouts, with an ancient walled city.

Scenes from Hong Kong including: Sha Tin Valley; Christian Buddhist temple; rice fields; on the Tai Po Road, including scenes at the train station; Tolo Harbour; Chinese country houses; a Chinese temple garden; Shing Mun reservoir; ruins of a walled city (Yameen?).

Compiled in March 1938.