I"m an old man, watching the film brought me memories , happiness, sadness, laughters n tears in my eyes.Those were the gd old days, so free n easy n less stressful. How wonderful n happy it will b if technology wouldn't have been advancing so rapidly.Thks once again 4 making me feel young again while watching. Greatly appreciated Michael n may the good God bless u n yr family in this period of the pandamic now n the days to come. Amen n Amen!

Thanks. I have many more clips on old Singapore on YT and will upload one more in a few weeks' time

Thank you for sharing this. Pleasantly surprised to see my late grand aunt in this video at 4.17. My family members get to see another facet of her life.

Hard to believe this is just one year before I came to Singapore! It is so familiar, yet so different from everything I came to know, as I only left in 2021. Singapore has developed so much, in such a short amount of time. I love looking at old photos of SG, contrasting with how those same landmarks look today!

Wow the last panoramic shot of Marina Bay is absolutely priceless and captures how the whole area was before it is developed to how it is today.

Thank you for sharing these videos of Singapore in the early days. I am born here in 1972 and I have never seen these scenes before. It is fascinating to discover how life was like back in those days. I am really grateful for your sharing of these valuable videos which you have archived. Thank you once again.

Michael's channel is like a time machine.

This is amazing sir. I am teaching students currently here in Singapore, and them watching these videos is an amazing experience to how far Singapore has come. Thank you much for this!

This is great! I was born in Singapore but left in 1986. Images like these are still etched in my mind. This is the Singapore I remember.

I missed sitting at the round marble table every night with my family while waiting for supper. I also used to play with the round, black switches. The red chairs in front of the stage... everything brings back memories. Thank you for uploading the clips!

Thank you Michael, brought back a lot of memory for many of us. It is very kind of you. Heart felt appreciation.

When I reminisce, it makes me want to travel back in time to enjoy fun experiences again. Thank you Michael !

Thank you so much for this video Michael. So long ago...I was still a teenager then.

Thank you Michael for all your hard work all these years.

Thank you very much MichaelRogge to show the old time Singapore.

To think I was 6 years old in 1983...a little kid staring at the world with wide-eyed wonder. I seem to remember Singapore being alot more modern though... But I do remember those switches mounted on a wooden board in my great-grandma's place. Pretty awesome! Thanks for the memories of a much simpler, much happier time...

Those days , when I was still a kid, there is a feel of Real Singapore. Look at what Singapore has become today? You cannot feel "Singapore" anymore.

Thanks for that. I was privileged enough to live and work in Singapore from 2000 to 2010, amazing place and people. Miss it a lot.

No need to doubt Mr Rogge's life long passion. Excellent job!

I love this! You have a great eye and a wonderful illustration of Singapore to its more authentic days.

I'm staying at Robertson quay now..and seeing this was amazing..it's really good to see the old times..feels like so stressed free..

Thank You for all your precious clips! They are priceless!

Thank you for the awesome videos. I have searched the old videos and it did found nothing. U gave me hope today and able to see the past! Looking forward for more!

80s Singapore really looks like it has heart and character to the country

An actual recording of opium pipe smokers, that is so rare and definitely needs to be preserved.

It’s incredible that there is absolutely not one strand of this Singapore in this recording that exists today. How things have changed.

Thank you for these beautiful glimpses of my country, during the days i never saw.

Michael , thank you for the good memories of old Singapore . Appreciate your effort 👍🙏

Wow, authentic yet sufficiently clear video, in colour !

Oh my goodness Michael - great initiative!! Thanks to you we now have a little piece of Singapore history captured on film......

Beautiful, you have captured a slice of time and history through such a sensitive lens. It almost feels like you are a local. Please share more !

Michael, many thanks for encapsulating all that character that depicted the charm of this place. We have certainly thrown the baby out with the bath-water in the massive urban spring cleaning.

I was 9 years old then but i can still remember some parts of this quite vividly. nice video

Priceless , thank you , Mike

Singapore in the 80's captured in a time capsule through the lens of Mr Rogge, thank you. Hopefully for future generations to come, they will forge their own stories to be told in such beautiful images, different but nonetheless, equally moving

Dank je wel voor het delen van deze mooie historische beelden!

This video is gem, a piece of our history. Thank u!

Remarkable that these buildings lasted so long - most of 'Old Singapore' had long gone by '83 .. good that Pinsler had the presence of mind to film before the demolition. I believe he's still alive and living between S'pore & Penang. North Boat Quay as it was 'back in the day' can be seen in the film 'Saint Jack' and the Hawaii 5-O episodes 'The Year of the Horse' (both filmed in 1978)

A long-forgotten Singapore - one my niece and nephew have never seen before! Thanks very much!

Thanks, Michael for the clips! Memory lanes..🙏🙏🙏

For some reason this video popsup today in my timeline. How much transformation, how much hardwork has been put by the founders to reach the greatest level... Great..great.

Another priceless video from you. Thank you for uploading.

Many vilages at indonesia are still like old singapore today

Thanks for bringing back my childhood memories

I am from Indonesia, but I work for a multinational company whereby HQ is located in SG. I often flew to SG for a meeting or vacation, and because of this, I started admiring this country.

Great work! I knew videos aged better with time. I'll try to follow your documentary and I'm gonna make one for my hometown.

I love all this vedio, money can't buy ,good you shoot it for us to see how Singapore was. I love old Singapore style.

Hi Michael, the Chinese old temple along the shophouses is now a Hooters restaurant that occupies that shophouse. The old area of Boat Quay and Clarke Quay has been refurbished and already becomes a night life hang out for many singaporean. Central Mall is actually opposite the Chinese temple which used to be a block of HDB flats that being demolished in the early of 1980s which is featured in your another clip of Boat Quay demolishment in 1983.

Wow, beautiful video, brings back lots of memories. I think people were more down to earth those days, not so pretentious. A city with soul those days.

I was 3 years old. This clip pulled out all sorts of emotions from me

Thank you. These are nostalgic.

Thank you so much for making this video!!

Miss those good old days...life was much simple and the feel was so great.. so sad that things have to change to this level😕

Such a beautiful video, such a gem, thank you sir

Wow what an Archive! Beautiful work🔥

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

Recently visited Singapore in Oct 18. Oh the vast difference!

Many thanks Mr Rogge !!!

No, I'm a Dutchman living in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Wow! Thank you for the memories. How certain are you this was filmed in 1983? I know for a fact that Sheares Bridge (end of video) was completed in 1981. Most of us forget how rapidly we have changed to become what we are today. Some may think that portions of your video were ore-independence (ie 1965). Surreal to watch even though I am a living witness of these transformation.

I love watching old video clips because I feel that Im in the time machine that going to the past.

Wow! Incredible indeed.. THank you for this :)

This is the year I was born. It's surreal to watch how people were living during this time.

Wow, Singapore was beautiful then and now also.

Thanks for the addional info.

Singapore old days are now the present day for other countries! Simple yet joyful

I was born in the same year the video was filmed. This was my parents' Singapore. Some of these do look familiar to me though, particularly the precursor to Comic Sans at 1:47.

Wow... 1983. I was sec 4... Cannot remember seeing 50% of things in your video. Must be busy studying o-level....thanks for sharing.

Thank you for sharing, that is my childhood, some of the faces look familiar.

thanks for sharing this treasure of a video

哈 往日的新加坡。。往事不堪回首，喜欢新加坡，不知何时才能再去。。👍👍👍🙏❤️❤️❤️😁谢谢分享

I am living in Australia since last 13 years but, I always spend my holidays in Singapore, I like Singapore v much but, it's nice to see Clark Quey area, I couldn't believe that Singapore developed v quick.

Thanks for all the info. Useful for viewers.

The year i was born. Seems so much calmer and relaxed compared to now...

我竟然可以耐心地從頭看完，因為極有電影感，一組組，都有情感與故事。讚👍！

Thank you for this ❤

Hi Mr Rogge, love your videos! I was wondering if I could use short clips from your videos. We're doing an exhibition on wood and the timber industry in Singapore. It would be nice if we could get in touch.

Magical little video.

Thank you sir for this

Life so much simpler those days.

the shots of the seafront.. definitely not 80s.. 1973 there is already national stadium.. and there isnt a stadium there.. still great memories..

olden days singapore was the best' but sadly we could never go back to the kampong days as we are too over developed

thank U for this, I still live there today......

Very nice - I loved the 80s!

You're so great for making this happen! Hope time travelled was exist I want so bad see the past

Developed, industrious yet humble days of Singapore.

I miss Golden days were people who work hard..traditions, culture.. Peace and liveliness..healthy and active ..unlike now ...

Hi Sir. My father worked at 55 North Boat Quay pretty much of his life after WWII. My mother (before they were married) lived in the upper floor of the shophouse. They met and got married. I am familiar with this area though I do not recognise anyone in this clip because I only visited the area during my school holidays. I was looking with anticipation to recognise some faces such a coffee stall operator or a noodle seller but to no avail. Allow me to make a small comment. This is a Teochew (a dialect in the southern province of Guangdong) enclave but the music chosen to accompany the clip is Cantonese (also from Guangdong Province).

After watching, remind me my childhood days, full memory

It looks beautiful, just totally let down. What is there now, the faceless Clarke Quay Central Mall and all the bars - is that better?

In the year 1956 to 1965, my second uncle stay with my late grandfather at Geylang Rd, Singapore, our neighbours are all Chinese and few Malay family, one day while my late grandfather goes to work, suddenly my second uncle fell sick and have a fever, and he could not attend to his afternoon school session, latter my Chinese neighbour came in to my house and this two ladies are both sibling take care of me from morning up to my late grandfather came back home around 6 - 7 pm, this both ladies together with my late grandfather bring me to the nearest Chinese Temple, second uncle was ok after midnight the next morning, very sorry I could not continue more this story as it cause very sad for me, ok thank you to my Singaporean who knows me.

Dear Michael, thank you so much 🙏 for sharing all these precious footages. I wonder if you have any of the old Clifford Pier during the 70s? Wishing you good health 👍

Mr. Rogge, do you have any video on Brickfields or Bangsar Kuala Lumpur in the 1960s ?

Wow. Thanks for the video.

i love the 80s can see the old building with the new hdb very nice contrast

I love Singapore deeply from my heart ❤️ Im from Vietnam

Simply said, good old singapore, for me, singapore during late 90s and early 2000s are the best years.

Many of the scenes in the documentary can still be found in Malaysia, especially around outskirts of the city

Singapore today is so much different. Amazing transformation yet I can see how the food, culture and activities still same in the singaporean society. I hope there are few lucky people out there who experienced both worlds.

Fantastic. Love the ending scenes with opium pipes.. And how did you get the lady to walk up the stairs to turn off the lights? Is the background pipa music also recorded from Singapore?