THE LETTER [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE LETTER [Main Title]
  • Film Number: CCE 256
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  • Summary: An Indian couple, workers on a rubber estate in Malaya, receive a letter which they cannot read. A semi-literate friend, to who they go for help, tells them it contains news of a family bereavement. Luckily the village schoolmaster is able to correct the misunderstanding; and the couple, realising the advantages of literacy, decide that their children must go to school.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: CCE 256
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1953
  • Production Country: Malaya
  • Production Details: Federation of Malaya (Production sponsor) Malayan Film Unit (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 600ft (ca); Running time: 17 mins
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    CCE 256

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