THE NEW MALAYAN GAZETTE : number 105 [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE NEW MALAYAN GAZETTE : number 105 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 623
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  • Summary: Malayan newsreel.
  • Description: I. The funeral of the late Sultan of Perak, January 1963. Among the mourners are state and national dignitaries, the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers and the governors of Malacca. In a simple ceremony the new Sultan is proclaimed by the state paramount chief. II. "The first Malayan brewery." Two well-known firms present to the zoo two tapirs to represent the opening of the country's first brewery. III. "Colour for First Recce." In the historic ceremony held at Malacca the first Federation Reconnaissance Regiment receives its regimental colours.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 623
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (COI 623)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1963
  • Production Country: Malaya
  • Production Details: Malayan Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Perak, Sultan of (person) Malaysian Army, Federation Reconnaissance Regt (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: animals, mammals: tapir (object name) ceremonies, Malayan - event-related: ceremony of the colours (object name) ceremonies, Malayan - event-related: funeral (object name) industry, Malayan - food: brewery (object name) Malaya & Malacca (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 866 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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    COI 623

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