Excerpts from "The War at Sea From Hawaii to Malaya," a 1942 Japanese film that purports to present naval aspect of World War 2 from Japanese perspective. A Japanese radioman reports message about casualties to high ranking Japanese naval officer aboard a warship. The officer stands as the list of casualties is read. A photograph wrapped in black, of a young Japanese Naval Officer. Scene shifts to Japan, where members of a Japanese family listen to a radio news broadcast, about their son's honorable death. Another family listening to radio, his school teacher also listening. Girl in Kimono goes into an art room, kneels near the picture of a flaming ship and prays for the dead. View of a high torii (gate).
Film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. Bombs being carried on tow dollies to load into RAF aircraft. Royal Air Force personnel load bombs in bomb bay of Avro Type 694 Lincoln bombers. Two bombs on a tow dolly. An officer studies a map. British High Commissioner in Malaya Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney disembarks an aircraft. He is greeted by officers. Aerial view of houses of Chinese people. A truck, loaded with soldiers, being driven. People leave their houses. A soldier gives food to children. People load belongings onto a truck. Trucks driven off. Men row a house boat. Houses in a farm. People build houses. Men make fences. Troops guard near fence. Farmers work on a field. A man instructs farmers. Men remove soil with a shovel. A sign reads 'Dispensary'. A nurse gives medicine to people. A doctor examines a child. A woman buys from a shop. Men cook food. People pick up containers. A man fills a container with food. He keeps container on a weighing machine. The dial on the scale shows the weight. A line of trucks being driven. People are being checked by policemen. A police woman checks women. A policeman checks boot (trunk) of a car. Troops venture through a jungle. Troops capture combatants. Troops capture ammunition and food materials. Prisoners sit on ground. Women are being checked. Officer at desk checks the identity cards.
The film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. Troops inspect bullet holes on Rolls Royce carrying British High Commissioner in Malaya Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney. Officer checks men. A troop inspects crates on a truck. A troop inspects car carrying Henry Gurney. Troops inspect a man. Troops stop cars at check post. Troops inspect people in a restaurant. Troops learn warfare tactics. Troops throw bombs near a target. Women learn to operates rifles. Women learn to fire rifles on targets.
Film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. View of a steam locomotive train in 1953 pulling in to a station. Sign on side of railroad train shows a picture of a British royal crown and below it reads, "Coronation - North British Locomotive Company - 1946 - Glasgow. No. 25767". British Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer in train. General Gerald Templer meets people. People read a notice in the state of Malacca. Policemen carry a stand board. A troop carries a farm equipment into a house. People walk on road and work on fields. Interviewer seen with former Secretary of Defense for Malaya Sir Robert Thompson (Robert Grainger Ker Thompson). He asks what was the communist answer to the new the villages program. The two discuss communist work in villages, race problem, and related issues.
Film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. Reporter interviews former Secretary of Defense for Malaya Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson. He compares the Guerrilla war condition in Malaysia and Vietnam. He insists that the strategies take time to be executed as it takes time to take people into confidence. They discuss on role of Vietcong. A board reads 'Merdeka'. People cheer at independence in 1957. Tribes play on drums. People carry burning torches. Prime Minister of Malaysia Tunku Abdul Rahman meets people. A fireworks show during the independence celebrations. (Vietnam War period).
Japanese propaganda film dramatizing the sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse off Malaya in December, 1941, during World War II. Contrived scenes include crew in aircraft talking to each other and to their headquarters on radio. Some of the ship bombardment scenes appear to use ship models. Others are actual naval battle scenes.
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