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Selkirk Collection: "Travel Film" of Brunei 1960 (1960)

Brunei city. Settlement of wooden dwellings constructed on stilts over the water dominated in the background by a large newly ...

 

Selkirk Collection: Singapore to Trincomallee 1960 (1960)

Singapore to Trincomalee. Naval expedition. Singapore harbour with anchored naval ships. Royal Navy frigate F107. Naval dockyard with floating dock. ...

 

SINGAPORE AND BACK (1960)

Last of 13 parts in the documentary series which depicts the history of the Royal Navy during the Second World ...

 

TAIPUSAM, SINGAPORE (1960)

Amateur. Hindu religious festival in Singapore.

Women in saris. Crowds gathering. Children with balloons. Some women with flowers in their hair. ...

 

WONDERFUL HONG KONG (1960)

Life in Hong Kong.

 

1959 (1959)

Government film reviewing the year, 1959.

Catalogue coverage. Royal tour of Brunei. Tunku Abdul Rahman, one of Asia's "most ...

 

a REGULAR CHANCE (1959)

A general recruiting film for the services which "will all be regulars by the end of 1962".

Opening scenes ...

 

ADEN (1959)

TV Coverage of Aden. Prefer to be British? Shots of Ports and Ships.

 

ADEN (1959)

TV coverage of Aden in 1959.

 

BABI KECHIL, NEAR MERSING, MALAYA (1959)

Amateur. People on beach. Locals fishing.

 

BROOKLYN GOES TO HONG KONG (1959)

Hong Kong and port seen through the eyes of a typical New Yorker.

 

COMMONWEALTH JOURNEY (1959)

The tour of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to India, Pakistan, Sarawak, Singapore, North Borneo, Hong Kong, the Solomon, Gilbert ...

 

HONG KONG HOLIDAY (1959)

Travelogue on Hong Kong.

 

NORTH WEST FRONTIER (1959) enhanced entry

Set in the North West Frontier province of British India around the turn of the century against a background of ...

 

SINGAPORE STORY (1959)

The story of J.L. Wilson, Bishop of Singapore arrested by the Japanese Security Police for spying in 1943. His enduring ...

 

STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY (1959)

India 1820. An officer of the British East India Company, against all opposition, tracks down a gang of religious thieves ...

 

ACHIEVEMENT IN HONG KONG (1958)has video enhanced entry

How the Govt. of Singapore has set about the gigantic problem of housing Hong ko ng's swelling population.

 

INDISCHE GRABMAL (1958)

Seeta is captured and Berger is reported dead after a cliff fall. Berger's sister and her husband are suspicious and ...

 

PEOPLE LIKE MARIA (1958)

The World Health Organisation at work in Bolivia, Nigeria and Burma.

 

RHODESIAN SPOTLIGHT NO. 66 (1958)

Show Places:- N. Rhodesia builds new cinemas.

Back from Malaya:- Beira, troopship brings back 1st batt.

Rhodesian African Rifles.

Fish out of Water:- ...

 

SARAWAK (1958)

"Progress and developnent in Sarawak, once the land of headhunters, ruled by a White Rajah. The Dyaks, natives of Sarawak, ...

 

TIGER VON ESCHNAPUR (1958)

Architect Herald Berger is commissioned as advisor to Chandra, the Maharajah of Eschnapur. He becomes involved with Seeta, an Indian ...

 

VISIT TO SOUTH KOREA, HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE... (1958)

Arrival of RAF Hastings. Visit to South Korea during Korean War: take off in Auster, aerial views of devastated Seoul, ...

 

MERDEKA FOR MALAYA (1957) enhanced entry

Independence Day celebrations in Malaya, 31 August 1957.

Over shots of government buildings, the British voiceover introduces the film; ...

 

SIGNING OF ANGLO-MALAY DEFENCE TREATY (1957)

Film of the signing of the Anglo-Malayan Mutual Defence Treaty on October 12, 1957.

The various participants arrive and ...

 

SINGAPORE - THE LION CITY (1957)

The life of Singapore and variety provided by the many different cultures and cu stoms which find expression there.

 

BHOWANI JUNCTION (1956) enhanced entry

India 1947. Story of an Anglo-Indian girl, feeling rejected by both her worlds, in the conflict between her attraction for ...

 

BORNEO STORY FISHERMEN OF THE COAST (1956)

A study of the Malay people living in a Borneo village. Showing fishing and village life.

 

RHYTHM OF HONG KONG (1956)

Documentary on Hong Kong

 

Selkirk Collection: Visit to Japan 1956 (1956)

English garden domestic scenes with dogs. Hong Kong harbour & views of houses on hills surrounding city. Confrontation with Chinese ...

 

SINGAPORE, THE EMPORIUM (1956)

Travelogue on Singapore, one of the world's natural junctions and one of the greatest international ports.

The port; street scenes, warehouses, ...

1955 : the year in Malaya

1955 : the year in Malaya (1955)has video enhanced entry

Malayan Government propaganda.

The film covers the first Malayan general elections, emphasising popular support for Tunku Abdul Rahman and ...

 

ATS - MALAYA (1955)

Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, on duty in Malaya: girls operating switchboard, office workers, girls playing tennis, relaxing in ...

 

CATHAY PACIFIC (1955)

Travel short about a Merchant Navy engineer who calls at Hong Kong, Bangkok and other Eastern cities prior to accepting ...

 

DUNLOP IN MALAYA (1955) enhanced entry

Film about the Dunlop Rubber Co's worldwide activities, particularly in its 13 rubber estates in Malacca. The film looks at ...

 

KUALA LUMPUR - FEDERAL CAPITAL (1955)

Various aspects of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaya.

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Remarks: cataloguing incomplete.

 

LAND OF THE HORNBILL (1955)

Film showing Sarawak, the youngest colony of the British Commonwealth.

The film indicates that a hundred years ago Sarawak ...

 

LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING (1955)

Romantic drama set in Hong Kong. Story of the ill-fated love of an American correspondent and a Eurasian doctor.

 

MALACCA THEN AND NOW (1955)

Film showing the past and present life of Malacca.

The film tells how Malacca has been conquered several times ...

 

MALAYAN UNIVERSITY (1955)

Reel One. New students arrive. Ceremony of enrolment and Vice-Chancellor's introductory speech. Undergraduates grow accustomed to the new routines; "The ...

 

MURUT PEOPLE OF BORNEO (1955)

Murut agriculture in Borneo in 1954-55.

 

OIL HARBOUR: ADEN (1955) enhanced entry

Construction of a harbour capable of berthing 32.000 tons tankers to serve the B .P. oil refinery at Little Aden. ...

 

PARTNERSHIP IN MALAYA (1955)

Documents the co-operative work of the Christian Church in the Federation of Malaya.

 

PILGRIMS TO MECCA (1955)

Dramatised episode showing an old couple preparing for the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Film shows the couple withdrawing savings, obtaining ...

 

PRODUCE OF MALAYA (1955)

Film made for Harrisons and Crosfield, publicising the company's contribution to Malayan national prosperity.

Malayan wealth is based on ...

 

QATAR (1955)

Qatar's new found prosperity due to the oil industry.

 

QATAR TODAY (1955)

A film made to recruit Iraquis for the oil industry.

 

RUBBER FROM MALAYA (1955)

The rubber industry in Malaya.

The rubber plantation with tappers doing their job. From June 1948 onwards, when Malaya's ...