The film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. Automobile traffic on road. Banners promoting various nominees of the election. Nominees address people. One of the nominees Tunku Abdul Rahman gives a speech. People enter a building to vote. A person puts cross in front of name of a nominee on paper. A woman puts vote in a box. A man writes on board. Tunku Abdul Rahman salutes soldiers.
Film 'Wonders of the World' shows Temples in Penang, Malaysia. Ayer Itam Temple in South India. The Snake Temple. Snakes on branch of a tree. Women and children outside houses. Tall trees in the background.
Annual fire walking ceremony during the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysian Chinese pilgrims gather at a Taoist temple for the annual fire walking ceremony. Chinese pilgrims bowing and offering incense. They prepare the fire bed. Man holding a Taoist white flag while chanting. Malaysian Chinese carrying an Emperor God palanquin. Pilgrims carrying palanquin run and walk on fire bed. More pilgrims walk on fire bed.
Japanese propaganda film "War Record of Nippon Parachute Troops", in English, made during World War 2. Japanese Para Troops check their parachutes and board transport air crafts. Planes take off from Malay air base in Malaysia to capture Allied air base in Palembang, Indonesia. Naval ship in waters of 'Straits of Malacca'. Japanese parachute troops jump off the airplanes over Palembang air base near River Musi as Allied forces fire anti aircraft guns. Japanese exchange gunfire with Dutch Allied troops. Japanese paratrooperss capture Palembang airbase. Wreck of Allied fighter aircraft and abandoned anti aircraft guns.
Four women, three white and one black, drink together at a club in the 1960s. A group of men notice the four women in the club. Men dancing with the women together on the dance floor. African-American couple dancing. A man wackily dances with a woman. Legs of dancers on 1960s dance floor. Young men and women having fun on the 1960s dance floor of a club. Mixed race black and white couple dancing 1960s dance floor. A man with his arm over a woman sitting in booth. Man rubs two dice on his hands before throwing them on a craps table. Man frustrated to see dice of three on craps table. Narrator notes, "sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose."
Animated map of Pacific region shows spreading Japanese offensive in the Southwest Pacific, flashes of Manila, Hong Kong, and the Malay jungle. People on the streets in Manila, Philippines. A boat in water. Scenes of Hong Kong port. People in markets. Scenes of Malaysia and Singapore. Thai tanks and troops marching through the streets of Bangkok. Scenes in Makassar on Celebes and on Sumatra. Japanese fleet at sea and planes in air. Japanese troops boarding landing craft from transports. Going ashore under cover of naval bombardment. Machine gunners and automatic rifleman firing. Infantry charging. Animated map of Pacific region. Japanese planes bombing Port Darwin in Australia. (World War II period).