Story of Hong Kong's coastal defense

STORY: Story of Hong Kong's coastal defense DATELINE: Sept. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:35 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the coastal defense 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cantonese): NATALIE LEUNG, Assistant curator I of Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Cantonese): NATALIE LEUNG, Assistant curator I of Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Cantonese): FRANCO YEUNG, Assistant curator II of Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Cantonese): NATALIE LEUNG, Assistant curator I of Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence 6. various of the coastal defense STORYLINE: Located at a former military point in Hong Kong, a fort-turned-museum tells the history of Hong Kong's coastal defense. The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence was converted from the Lyemun Fort built in 1887 on a headland overlooking Lyemun Pass. Along the winding mountain path near the museum, there were pillboxes and artillery shells around. After World War II, Lyemun Fort was no longer

Pillbox 5/1229/A-160S, light fortifications 1936-38

Pillbox 5/1229/A-160S, light fortifications 1936-38

Pillbox 5/1229/A-160S in Vranov nad Dyji, near the southern border of the Czech Republic, September 5, 2020. Pillboxes for the Czechoslovak border light fortifications were built in 1937-38 before World War II in Czechoslovakia in defence against a German attack. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Pillbox 5/1229/A-160S, light fortifications 1936-38

Pillbox 5/1229/A-160S, light fortifications 1936-38

Pillbox 5/1229/A-160S in Vranov nad Dyji, near the southern border of the Czech Republic, September 5, 2020. Pillboxes for the Czechoslovak border light fortifications were built in 1937-38 before World War II in Czechoslovakia in defence against a German attack. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)