by Lucky Lucan » Tue Nov 19, 2019 1:15 am
YaTingPom wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:42 pm
The images I’ve seen of Cambodia in the 50s looks like a prosperous modern place, not sure if Thailand was in the same position.
Cambodia certainly wasn't modern or prosperous in the 50s. In the late 50s and early 60s there was a lot of development aid put in by the US, France, China and other countries. There are videos, particularly the one from the Sangkum Reastre era made in 1965, that make the country look very developed. They don't show the reality, they just show recent developments. Outside of those locked off shots of clean boulevards and new streets the place was the same as ever. Stilted houses over ponds, thatch roofs, livestock wandering around below.
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The images I’ve seen of Cambodia in the 50s looks like a prosperous modern place, not sure if Thailand was in the same position.
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Cambodia certainly wasn't modern or prosperous in the 50s. In the late 50s and early 60s there was a lot of development aid put in by the US, France, China and other countries. There are videos, particularly the one from the Sangkum Reastre era made in 1965, that make the country look very developed. They don't show the reality, they just show recent developments. Outside of those locked off shots of clean boulevards and new streets the place was the same as ever. Stilted houses over ponds, thatch roofs, livestock wandering around below.