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But I really should have left Hong Kong
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But I really should have left Hong Kong

But I really should have left Hong Kong

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00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.167
But I really should have left Hong Kong.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:05
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
drama, history, war
Production
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Movie Summary

With a sudden attack by the Japanese, British Major-General Maltby and his top officers struggle with the decision to either fight to the death or offer a humiliating surrender of the British Colony of Hong Kong.
This is my only escape now. - Battlebox 00:05
This is my only escape now.
The latest fashions from Paris and New York. - Battlebox 00:05
The latest fashions from Paris and New York.
Well, thank goodness mother isn't alive to see you here, - Battlebox 00:07
Well, thank goodness mother isn't alive to see you here...
Well, our mother wasn't as tightly wound up as you. - Battlebox 00:05
Well, our mother wasn't as tightly wound up as you.
Mr. Chow, he's one of the richest bachelors in Hong Kong. - Battlebox 00:06
Mr. Chow, he's one of the richest bachelors in Hong Kon...
Seriously sister, you need to get out more often, expand your horizons. - Battlebox 00:09
Seriously sister, you need to get out more often, expand you...
Any young men in uniform caught your fancy yet? - Battlebox 00:05
Any young men in uniform caught your fancy yet?
The village girl look comes across a bit old-fashioned. - Battlebox 00:06
The village girl look comes across a bit old-fashioned.
With food prices rising so fast, it would soon have been stolen. - Battlebox 00:05
With food prices rising so fast, it would soon have been sto...
You have been taking care of that cow for the past two years, - Battlebox 00:11
You have been taking care of that cow for the past two years...
Alright - Battlebox 00:05
Alright
Oh, hopefully we won't see any of those. - Battlebox 00:05
Oh, hopefully we won't see any of those.
With the Gin Drinkers Line broken, we're going to have to shore - Battlebox 00:08
With the Gin Drinkers Line broken, we're going to have ...
If the Japanese occupy the Kowloon shore, - Battlebox 00:07
If the Japanese occupy the Kowloon shore,
But my instinct tells me the Japanese will try to - Battlebox 00:07
But my instinct tells me the Japanese will try to
But in addition to looking at the historical context, - Battlebox 00:06
But in addition to looking at the historical context,
If I were an admiral in the Japanese Navy, - Battlebox 00:06
If I were an admiral in the Japanese Navy,
They're going to need a good base in this area - Battlebox 00:06
They're going to need a good base in this area
Well, that's a major reason why we would be blowing up much of the port facilities. - Battlebox 00:06
Well, that's a major reason why we would be blowing up ...
Regardless, It's the Japanese Army that's currently conducting the fight. - Battlebox 00:05
Regardless, It's the Japanese Army that's currentl...