This short “border tour” emphasizes the training of British troupes in contrast to Chinese troupes, with clips of the Luohu border crossing as well as food and livestock being transported into the Colony from Wenjingdu.

At his youtube site, Ben Mumford has also posted 8 Hong Kong Beat documentaries, which look at how the British managed police corruption at the border. The intro to the series on the BBC webpage promises all sorts of adventure, seeming more soap opera that cinema verite.

Nine documentary programmes which take a close look at the world’s most controversial police force in action. The Royal Hong Kong Police have been accused of corruption and bribery at all levels. This series shows the job they have to do – as a British Colonial Force working among 4 1/2-million Chinese. John Norman, ex-London policeman is now a CID Inspector in Tsim Sha Tsui – Hong Kong’s Soho -Triad Territory, where you’re bought off or framed if you get too near the truth. As Norman is drawn into robbery, kidnap and murder, he shows what it is to be on the Hong Kong beat, where British policemen bow before the God Kwandai. And where the Yaumati Force now row in a Dragon Boat Race against the Triads.