Malay Village Moves to New Site

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1233A
Date Released
22 Jan 1953
Date submitted
13 Jan 1953
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Malayan Village Moves to New Home. DESCRIPTION: News from the jungle of Malaya, where a unique venture in re-settlement has just been successfully carried out. Supervised by a Malay Chief (as well as British authorities), the plan involved the transfer of a whole village in the Northern State of Kelantan to a new home twenty-five miles away. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Aerial shot of jungle. Malayans walking along tracks through jungle. Various native villagers moving their village on rafts to new site. Various shots of the rafts down river and over rapids. RAF plane flies overhead, giving protection. Aerial of rafts in procession. Men looking over clearing in jungle. Site for new village. Food cooking and being distributed. Clothes being distributed. Cut-ins various types.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Food and cooking; Environment; Aviation; Displaced persons; Engineering; Military
Locations
Kelantan
Footage sources
Central Office of Information
Card file number
58407
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
104
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Malay Village Moves to New Site', British Movietone News Issue No. 1233A, 22 Jan 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18325 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)