Operation Malaya (1953)

Directors

David MacDonald

The story

The film portrays the actions of British and Commonwealth troops against Communist insurgents in Malaya, focusing around the tracking down of a group of communists who killed a rubber planter. Scenes included: Sir Gerald Templer thanking troops a patrol of armoured cars ambushed by terrorists Singapore history of the communist insurrection a journalist traveling through Kuala Lumpur a military patrol finding a communist camp a look at a squatting community which is removed to a resettlement area (known as "new villages") the role of the Malayan Navy and Air Force.

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