ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL LIFE IN PRE-WAR MALAYA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ASPECTS OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL LIFE IN PRE-WAR MALAYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3307
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN PADDY O'NEILL [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Captain Paddy O'Neill of the Indian Medical Service, while attached to the Federated Malay States from November 1934 to January 1938, records Chinese and British tin mining scenes, Hawthornden rubber plantation, gardens and swimming pool at Taiping, President of Indian Congress Party Jawaharlal Nehru speaking at political meeting in Taiping and scenes of local Malay life, including sakai natives demonstrating blow-pipes.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY CAPTAIN PADDY O'NEILL [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W (part Colour [Kodachrome])
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 3307
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
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  • Production Date: 1937
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: O'Neill, Patrick L (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W (part Colour [Kodachrome]) Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 390 ft; Running time: 15 mins ca
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 3307

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    PHO 305 ()
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