Title:FOOTBALL MATCH IN KUALA LUMPUR: BRITISH ARMY VERSUS PROFESSIONALS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 572
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Sir Edward Gent, recently installed Governor of the Malayan Union, watches a football match between the British Army and a visiting team of professional footballers, at the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.
Description: Wide shot of spectators at the padang at the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur. Half-time display by the pipe band of 1st Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment. High wide shot of the game in progress. Sir Edward Gent meets Lieutenant-General Messervy and Air Vice-Marshal Breakey. Medium close-up of Gent, Messervy and Breakey. The professional team is introduced to Gent. The British Army team is introduced. The team captains call the toss. VIP spectators on the touchline; Gent is flanked by Messervy and Breakey. Souvenir pewter mugs are presented to the players after the game.
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)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Messervy, Frank Walter (person)
Breakey, John Denis (person)
Gent, Edward James (person)
Indian Army, 11th Sikh Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (geography)
Formation of the Malayan Union 1946 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
