Malaya’s New Director of Operation
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Malaya’s New Director of Operations. DESCRIPTION: The situation in Malaya is undoubtedly grave and success or failure in the operations there must effect all South-East Asia. Latest arrival at Kuala Lumpur is General Briggs, the newly appointed Director of Operations. SHOTLIST: KS. LIBRARY - Troops in boat along jungle waterway. CU native prisoner. CU British soldiers in jungle uniform. Aerial of jungle shows smoke rising from same. Troops pass along water enveloped each side by the jungle. Troops walk along single file through hilly country. Plane lands and taxies at airport. General Sir Harold Briggs alights (in civilian clothes) shakes hands with army officer in uniform. SCU Briggs.
- Keywords
- Military
- Locations
- Kuala Lumpur
- Footage sources
- Library
Malayan Film Unit
- Card file number
- 53614
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 95
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