Malaya - Guarding the Harvest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1320A
Date Released
23 Sep 1954
Date submitted
21 Sep 1954
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fire and Flood
  2. 2Fire and Flood
  3. 3Malaya - Guarding the Harvest
  4. 4Rangers Assault Course
  5. 5Top Dogs
  6. 6Roman Temple Unearthed
  7. 7Mr Attlee Down Under
  8. 8The Men of Arnhem

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Guarding the Granary. DESCRIPTION: In the Northern State of Kelantan, the local harvest is gathered and transported to a communal centre where the valuable food is protected from the hungry banks of marauding terrorists. SHOTLIST: Scenes of Malayans carrying frame work of rice stores. Store buildings being built. Various scenes of thatching. Barbed wire being erected round the fences. A bullock towing a cart which is loaded with rice bags. Natives on cycles carrying rice. The women husk and drying the rice. Shot of the village Home Guard patrolling the fence and keep watch.
Keywords
Agriculture; Independence movements; Terrorism
Locations
Malaya; Kelantan
Footage sources
Malayan Film Unit
Card file number
61887
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
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