The film titled 'How to fight a guerrilla war' about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. Soldiers wade across a stream. Soldiers advance through a jungle. An aircraft in flight drops bombs. A helicopter takes off. 1945: jungle on a mountainous area. Aerial view of a sea coast. Houses on the coastal area. Farmers work on field. Women use mortar and pestle to crush. Chinese men smoke pipe. A woman works on a sewing machine. Children sit on ground. Farmers work on field. European people carry water through poles on their shoulders. A woman takes out rubber from a tree. Rubber sacks pile up. Water being sprayed on field by a pipe. Equipment hooked in a crane. Animation of a map shows Malaysia. Burning houses and jungles. Men inspect area near a derailed train. Dead bodies in water. Burned tin mines and other plants. Workers outside their houses. A girl stands on doorway. A child cries. A family evacuates the place on a truck. A man puts a light on pole. A soldier near a power grid. A soldier on guard atop a hill. Soldiers walk through a jungle. Men carry water containers. People get themselves registered. Identity cards of people on table. A soldier puts mark on nail of a woman. A soldier signs on an ID card. British High Commissioner in Malaya Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney disembarks a vehicle. He meets people. People come out of a truck. People get registered. People take oath. They learn military tactics.
The film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. A ship at dock. People stand on dock in the foreground. Troops from Hong Kong disembark from the ship. A truck carrying Australian troops being driven. Troops walk in columns. Troops on a Landing craft. Helicopters take off. Aerial view of the jungle. Troops advance through jungles. Troops cross a stream of water. Troops pull a vehicle stuck in dense bamboo growth. Troops study a map. Troops load guns. A troop takes out a knife from cover.
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.
A film about guerrilla war for independence fought between the Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. An aircraft takes off from an airfield. Aircraft drops pamphlets over a jungle. Men place secret information in a crate. A troop seals the crate. A man addresses people. A British aircraft takes off. Paratroopers in the aircraft. Pilot in cockpit at controls. Paratroopers jump from aircraft and descend in parachutes. The pilot and copilot at controls. Supplies dropped from aircraft. Troops roll supply crates. Troops carry crates and stack crates. Troops talk to locals. Tribal people sit in front of houses. A man makes fence. Men build houses. Troops guard settlements.
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.
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