Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Malaya Round-Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1023A
Date Released
13 Jan 1949
Date submitted
10 Jan 1949
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Malayan Round Up. DESCRIPTION: Aerial and ground pictures from Malaya gives us an impression of RAF, Malayan police and Gurkhas, weeding out rebels and communist gangsters from the hills and jungle. SHOTLIST: KS RAF crew board RAF plane. Aerial - parachutists dropping from planes over jungle type country. Aerial - smoke rises from fire in jungle. Malay police (flying squads), drive out to certain area, disembark, enter jungle, make their way through jungle. Gurkhas also active in jungle, one wipes his knife. They are rounding up Communists. Gurkha patrol on march. Weapons captured. Hutments of Communists being fired and destroyed.
Keywords
Aviation; Independence movements; Military
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
51299
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Malaya Round-Up', British Movietone News Issue No. 1023A, 13 Jan 1949. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15515 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)