Royal Navy Destroyer working up on exercises at sea. Taking supplies from

Fleet Auxiliary at sea

Boreo Tattoo. Beating the Retreat. Fair or exhibition at show ground in the country. Paddy Fields. Local young men crossing stream. "Coronation Sports Day" or Fete in England. Wicksteed family outdoor life at their small holding in the Lake District. Gymkhana in the Lake District.

Production / Donor Details: These films were taken by Edmund Kennedy Wicksteed, 1916-1992. In the 1930s he worked as a customs officr in Malaya, was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, & was imprisoned at Lintang Internment Camp, Kuching, Sarawak. After the war he served as a customs officer, District Officer, & then joined the secretariat in Jesseleton before becoming Resident in various districts in Borneo. He returned to England in 1966 when Borneo became independent. He was awarded the CBE for colonial service.