Back from Malaya

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1146
Date Released
21 May 1951
Date submitted
15 May 1951
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Festival Fashions and Fabrics
  2. 2Can You Beat It?
  3. 3Salvador Tragedy
  4. 4HRH with Grenadiers
  5. 5Back from Malaya
  6. 6Paratroops Ready for Anything
  7. *Kirkwall’s Diesel Station

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Scots Guards Return From Malaya. DESCRIPTION: By rail from Kuala Lumpur, the second battalion, the Scots Guards, went to Singapore to board the Empire Halladale for the voyage to Britain. The battalion, arriving at Liverpool, had some very welcome leave in prospect. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. SCU Line of Scots Guards. . At Kuala Lumpur - shots of men crowded on platform, officers drinking with officials in evening dress. Train loaded with troops pulls out of station. Singapore - Scots Guards marching along quay, boarding the Empire Halladale. Various shots of them lining decks. Pipe band counter marching along quay. Library - Shots of troops passing through jungle, several shots. Troops pass through swamps, up to their waist in water, into camera & out of camera. SCU Malayan prisoner. At Liverpool - Empire Halladale coming in along quayside. Cut-ins crowds waving, troops disembarking, various shots. Line of troops along quay. SCOTS GUARD HOME FROM MALAYA - CARD 55467. Troops on side of ship. Down gangplank. Ship comes in harbour. Troops carrying kit. Ship is the Empire Halladale.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Environment; Railways; Ceremonies; Prisoners of war; Military
Footage sources
Library
Malayan Film Unit
Card file number
55433
Credits:
Camera
James Humphries
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
140
Story extras:
Film clip

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