Sarawak Goes to the Polls

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1782A

Date Released

1 Aug 1963

Date Other

Jul 1963

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Jubilee Celebration
2. 2Sarawak Goes to the Polls
3. 3Sails on London’s River
4. 4Skopje - Stricken City

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sarawak Goes to the Polls. DESCRIPTION: Kuching is the tiny capital of Sarawak; a country about the size of England but with a population of only 750,000. Recently general elections have been held to elect the Government which will lead this British colony into independence within the Federation of Malaysia. Its been under British protection since 1888, and became a colony in 1946. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV the capital Kuching, pan polling station to queues of voters. MS voters (3 shots). Same into polling station. CU ballot slips, voting (2 shots). Voters walk along jungle path (3 shots). MS voters into polling station, ballot slip into box, pan - voters (2 shots). Supporters waving (2 shots).

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

Malaysia; Sarawak

Footage sources

Central Office of Information

Card file number

86991

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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