ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA, MALCOLM MACDONALD, AT CHANGI AIRPORT SINGAPORE

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JFU 606).

Synopsis

MacDonald is greeted at Changi. He receives a salute. He inspects a guard of honour of the RAF Regiment. Macdonald takes the salute as the guard marches off, with Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia. Talking with Lady Mountbatten. MacDonald speaking with Sir Edward Gent, Governor of the Malayan Union.

Notes

Malcolm MacDonald, previously High Commissioner to Canada from 1941, was Governor General of Malaya until 1955, when he became High Commissioner to India. He presided over Malaya's turbulent transition to federal government, in a period of great upheaval both in Malaya and more widely in south east Asia.

Titles

ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA, MALCOLM MACDONALD, AT CHANGI AIRPORT SINGAPORE (Allocated)

Series Title:: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Technical Data

Year:: 1946
Running Time:: 2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):: 35mm
Colour:: B&W
Sound:: Silent
Footage:: 99 ft

Production Credits

Production Countries:: GB

Sponsor: War Office Directorate of Public Relations

cameraman: Harris (Sergeant)
Production company: SEAC Film Unit

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