A Mix of Interesting Retro Photos from Asian Countries (20 photos)

We invite everyone to a new hodgepodge of interesting retro photos. This time, the archival footage will be dedicated to Asian countries for which the 20th century was a time of great changes: from the struggle for independence to rapid modernization. Enjoy watching!

Rice fields. China, 1962.





Hong Kong harbor, 1952.



Shinto priests, Kyoto, Japan, 1951.





Bangkok, 1950s.



Chinese women stripping tree bark to add to food. Henan Province, 1942.



Jamshedpur (Tatanagar), India, 1951.



Farm girls fish in a canal near Bangkok, 1950.



A patient arrives by oxcart at a Soviet hospital in Chinnampo, North Korea, May 1947.



Mengzi. China, 1910s.



On the streets of Seoul. Korea, 1925.



A mother and child walking through an open-air market in the old part of Hong Kong, 1950s.



Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa. Japan, 1919. (The prince himself is in a maroon robe)



View of the mountains from the Sleeping Clouds Monastery in southwest China, Sichuan, 1962.



Boat steersman. Hong Kong, 1950-60s.



Shaolin monk running on a wall, China, 1989.



Laundry in Seoul. Korea, 1928.



Shinto priests in the garden of the Meiji Shrine. Tokyo, 1951.



Japan, 1948.



Chinese dyers hang cotton fabrics in courtyards. Bangkok, 1950.



Buses at Sam Yaek-bang Krabu Pier. Thailand, 1950.