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Malaya achieved independence as Malaysia in 1957.
Films depicting Straits Settlements territories (with the exception of Singapore) are included under Malaya.
A general recruiting film for the services which "will all be regulars by the end of 1962".
Opening scenes ...
Amateur. People on beach. Locals fishing.
Show Places:- N. Rhodesia builds new cinemas.
Back from Malaya:- Beira, troopship brings back 1st batt.
Rhodesian African Rifles.
Fish out of Water:- ...
Independence Day celebrations in Malaya, 31 August 1957.
Over shots of government buildings, the British voiceover introduces the film; ...
Film of the signing of the Anglo-Malayan Mutual Defence Treaty on October 12, 1957.
The various participants arrive and ...
Malayan Government propaganda.
The film covers the first Malayan general elections, emphasising popular support for Tunku Abdul Rahman and ...
Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, on duty in Malaya: girls operating switchboard, office workers, girls playing tennis, relaxing in ...
Film about the Dunlop Rubber Co's worldwide activities, particularly in its 13 rubber estates in Malacca. The film looks at ...
Various aspects of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaya.
Notes
Remarks: cataloguing incomplete.
Film showing the past and present life of Malacca.
The film tells how Malacca has been conquered several times ...
Reel One. New students arrive. Ceremony of enrolment and Vice-Chancellor's introductory speech. Undergraduates grow accustomed to the new routines; "The ...
Documents the co-operative work of the Christian Church in the Federation of Malaya.
Dramatised episode showing an old couple preparing for the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Film shows the couple withdrawing savings, obtaining ...
Film made for Harrisons and Crosfield, publicising the company's contribution to Malayan national prosperity.
Malayan wealth is based on ...
The rubber industry in Malaya.
The rubber plantation with tappers doing their job. From June 1948 onwards, when Malaya's ...
START 10:00:00 Opening titles
10:00:18 Scenes on the quayside at Tilbury Docks as soldiers from various regiments and corps in the ...
Film showing the importance of Yong Peng, with particular emphasis on the contrast between past, present and future.
The ...
Mute unedited film apparently relating to the relief of the West Kents by the Hampshires in Western Pahang ...
Film explaining the merits of the Malayan Federation's Employee's Provident Fund.
Many happy families, such as the Wongs, can ...
The process of planning, constructing and operating a jungle fort (Fort Dixon) in the jungles of Pahang.
Over aerial ...
Visit by Lady Limerick to BRC, , Penang, Malaya 1953.
Shot of Union flag; outside gathering: chairs lined up/women in RC ...
The people of Malaya celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953.
The film opens ...
Life in Malaya during the Emergency.
Jungle scenes during the Communist uprising. A rubber planter and his lifestyle in the Emergency. ...
Government information film about a coastal irrigation and rice growing scheme.
Malaya imports food, buying rice from abroad with money ...
Duchess greeted by Royal Family at London Airport on return from Malaya. Flashback to highlights of tour which included Borneo, ...
In Negri Sembilan, one of the nine states of the Malayan Federation, nineteen tribal chieftains renew their allegiance to the ...
The General arrives at Kuala Lumpur to take over as High Commissioner of Malaya, and is greeted and shown the ...
Story of terrifying adventures of rubber planter and his wife in Malaya whose estate is attacked by bandits.
A report on life in Korea and Malaya - featuring jungle patrols searching for terrorists, a day in the life ...
Scenes of the Royal visit to the respective countries
Propaganda film encouraging Malayans to inform on Communist Terrorists (CTs) in return for cash rewards.
Narration over dramatic incident. ...
Film showing the resettlement of Chinese squatters from the edge of the Malayan jungle, away from the Communist ...
"This C.O.I film is a Crown Film Unit Production of vital interest to all peace-loving peoples today, for the "Alien ...
Land clearance for a rubber plantation.
The Gordon Highlanders, on a tour of the Malayan jungle, search huts for bandits, taking a prisoner in the process, ...
Colonial Secretary Mr Oliver Lyttelton is interviewed following his return from a visit to Malaya.
A general review of Malaya, which seems to be a double battleground, containing a fight against Communism and a struggle ...
Amateur film shot by Major William Rhodes James while serving with the 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles in ...
"This is a brief survey of progress made by the British Government in helping forty separate colonial territories to raise ...
8 reels. 1. The Tait children with deer.
2. Scenes in Malaya.
3. The Tait boys in the garden in Malaya.
4. Holiday ...
Coverage of the Colonial Exhibition in Oxford Street held during Colonial Month in the summer of 1949 to 'spread the ...
Attempts to smuggle rubber out of Japanese occupied Java.
In a period of warfare between Malayan bandits and British security forces, the Army and RAF work closely together, and ...
Describes the 5 races of people in Malaya and their work in the factories and fields.
A rubber plantation in Malaya, showing the production of rubber, and the welfare and living conditions of the workers.
A mute educational film portraying life in a typical Malay village of fishermen and rice-farmers.
Brief titles introduce each ...
How Malaya has developed its armed forces since the last war.
The Royal Malayan Navy, a small fleet with ...