Lost City
In these cans lie 30 hours of footage shot in the 50's and 60's, Malaya. It is possibly the only colour footage shot and collected by an individual of that time period. He shot weddings, street scenes, wildlife, random everyday moments. Every detail mersmerising by virtue of their distance from the present. Ivan, now 86, is racing against time to annotate the images, but after two brain operations, he is not his usual 100%. Without any footnotes, these strips become orphaned, without context as to what where why and whom.
posted by Pin Pin @ 11:12 PM
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Yes, he's got a lot of good records of Singapore in the 50s and 60s on color film. I've visited him twice at his house. He's even got a nice little museum gallery where he keeps all his pottery and art piece from all over South East Asia. It's almost like a mini "Asian Civilisation Museum". It's a pity that most younger Singaporeans doesn't have a chance to see what it's like in the 50s and 60s. The last compilation I saw was the one that he contributed for last year's national day. Great stuff!
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