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Malayan civilians work together with British troops to build a new village

British troops aid Federation of Malaya civilians in building a town. Huts under construction. A native man digging with a hoe. Women carrying supplies and children in baskets. The village being completed. Views of workers in the fields, feeding livestock including chickens and pigs. Sign over a store reads, "Layang Resettlement Cooperative Trading Co." Interior of the store as the shop keeper issues food to a woman beside a set of scales. Another building labeled "Dispensary" and inside where a doctor examines a child's leg as the child is held by a native woman. Children being instructed in a classroom. A man standing on a porch addressing a crowd of gathered civilian men. All the men raise their hands in response to a question. Armed Malayan men patrolling a perimeter fence against rebels from the Malayan Communist Party.

Location: Malaya

Date: 1959

Duration: 1 min 33 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

British and Malaysian forces discover a food cache of the Malayan Communist movement

A Malayan Communist Party food cache, discovered by British and Malaysian troops in a wooden sided room beside a car garage. Supplies shown include medicines, Tea Pot brand sweetened condensed milk, Arrow Brand biscuits, Eveready batteries with the Nine Lives logo, and candles.

Location: Malaya

Date: 1959

Duration: 26 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None