MALAY VILLAGE

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: COI 132).

Synopsis

A mute educational film portraying life in a typical Malay village of fishermen and rice-farmers.

Brief titles introduce each sequence, but there is almost no comment, the film being left to speak for itself. The film includes general views of the village; domestic every-day life (cooking etc); a boy with a tame monkey gathering coconuts; ploughing, planting and harvesting in rice fields; fishermen with nets and boats; folding and packing dried rubber latex from villagers' own trees; children fishing, looking after cattle etc. Closing title "whether as fisherman or farmer, the Malay likes to be his own master."

 

Titles

  • MALAY VILLAGE
 

Technical Data

Year:
1948
Running Time:
12 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
1106 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Central Office of Information
Sponsor
Colonial Office
Production company
Crown Film Unit
 

Countries