Hong Kong-1982: Green Tram 119 with Lee Kum Kee Advert Passing Crowds as Red Tram 113 Arrives

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Year1982
Decade1980s
LocationHong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1982 · Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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1982 · Hong Kong & Central · Reel 2409937b contains 10 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

public transport
urban density
street advertising
colonial-era Hong Kong
city crowds
trams
commerce

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · tracking
Setting: outdoor · Dense urban commercial street with tram tracks, older concrete residential blocks and high-rise towers behind
Time and weather: midday · sunny and clear
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with hard shadows
People: 60 · Large crowds of pedestrians in light shirts and trousers crossing and walking along the pavements, with tram passengers visible in the upper-deck windows
Vehicles: green double-decker tram 119 · red double-decker tram 113 · yellow double-decker tram · parked cars
Objects: Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce advert · tram trolley poles · overhead wires · yellow road markings · litter bins · street lamps · Chinese signboards
Readable signs: 119 · 113 · 李錦記 · LEE KUM KEE · 蠔油 · 馳名世界
Colors: red · jade green · grey · yellow · blue
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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Green tram 119 with its Lee Kum Kee advert leads up a crowded street, with a yellow tram ahead.
Pedestrians cross the tracks beneath large Chinese signboards.
A red-and-yellow tram appears to the right of tram 119.
Red tram 113 draws alongside tram 119, filling the right of the frame.

Green Tram 119 with Lee Kum Kee Advert Passing Crowds as... — Clip Details

Hong Kong Island, circa 1982 home movie footage of a green double-decker tram, fleet number 119, carrying a large red Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce advert on its rear. It travels up a crowded commercial street lined with Chinese shop signboards and older concrete blocks, while pedestrians cross and a yellow tram waits ahead. At the end a red tram numbered 113 comes up on the next track and draws alongside. The single handheld Super 8 shot is filmed from just behind and above the tram, in bright daylight.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001982

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1982 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Meets requests for early-1980s Hong Kong street life, showing a double-decker tram in a crowded shopping street for documentary, transport-history or period drama work.
Period detail: The fleet-numbered trams, the painted brand adverts, the older concrete blocks with hand-lettered signboards and the light summer clothing may all point to the early 1980s.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor appears to film from on board a tram, following the advert-covered tram ahead and catching unposed crowds going about their day.
What appears in frame: Green tram 119 with a red Lee Kum Kee advert, a yellow tram further up the road, crowds crossing yellow road markings, blue and yellow Chinese signboards, high-rise blocks, and red tram 113 coming alongside.
Film character: Warm, saturated Super 8 reversal colour with bright highlights, visible grain and a gentle handheld sway give it the texture of real amateur film.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or street-life cutaway, and tram 113's arrival makes a natural motion transition.
Historical context: It shows Hong Kong Island's tram corridor as a busy commercial artery where trams doubled as moving billboards for food and consumer brands.
Research note: The Lee Kum Kee mark and other brand signage may need trademark review, and passengers and pedestrians are unidentified, so likeness use needs care; the film copyright is separate from these concerns.
Research search match: Super 8 Hong Kong tram footage, 1980s Hong Kong street crowds, Lee Kum Kee tram advert, Hong Kong Tramways home movie.
Archive pairing path: Pair it first with 'Tram 28 approaching through a busy shopping street', 'Busy street with Ricoh tram and crowds' and 'Tram 32 with KAISER and Ajinomoto adverts turning' from this reel, then with the Central footbridge and court-building flyover shots.

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Green tram 119 with a Lee Kum Kee advert in a crowded Hong Kong Island street, yellow tram beyond, circa 1982 — Tram 119 and its Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce advert lead up a crowded street, with a yellow tram waiting ahead.
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Hong Kong tram 119 below a blue Chinese signboard and old concrete blocks as crowds walk past, circa 1982 — Pedestrians cross behind tram 119 below tall Chinese signboards and weathered apartment blocks.
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Tram 119 with its Lee Kum Kee advert in a busy Hong Kong commercial street, towers behind, Super 8, circa 1982 — The tram continues up the street past crowds and shopfronts, with high-rise towers on the skyline.
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Red Hong Kong tram 113 draws alongside green tram 119 with a Lee Kum Kee advert, Hong Kong Island, circa 1982 — Red tram 113, covered in Chinese lettering, draws level with tram 119 at the end of the shot.
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