Title:RACE MEETING AT KUALA LUMPUR [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 570
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: In Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, a race meeting is held, sponsored by headquarters Malaya Command.
Description: Wide shot of the starting line and competitors at the start of a race. Very long shot; taken with a 6-inch lens (apparently as an experiment) of the start of the second race; camera pans to follow. High and wide oblique view of a race with spectators in the foreground; horses approach and the leader is out in front by several lengths. Shot of horses of the third race in the distance; one can be seen to fall and throw its rider: 'much to everyone's grief the horse had to be destroyed' (from the cameraman's dopesheet). Spectators. View of the finishing post and grandstand; horses pass (Horse No.3 apparently winning by 'a walkover'). Horses are paraded in the paddock before a race. Jockey mounts No.5, apparently 'very frisky before he arrived'. Three horses are led to the track from the paddock.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Clark, Paul Stuart1926-07-24 (Production individual)
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Keywords: Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (geography)
Formation of the Malayan Union 1946 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
