Boles Collection: 2: Singapore 1960. Kota Belud and Mt Kinabalu. British North Borneo 1960-61

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/094/002).

Synopsis

This film includes a short section of Singapore followed by a helicopter flight in Kota Belud. Then a sequence of a Bajau mounted escort for the visit of John Profumo, then Secretary of State for War, and General Hull to British North Borneo. The rest of the film is a mixture of personal holiday film in mountains and the donor at work visiting the site of a land slip, and a Dusun mountain village.

Production / Donor Details: Sir Jack Boles worked in administration in North Borneo and then Hong Kong, from 1948 until 1964. This is part of a collection of four 8mm. silent films taken by him during 1960 and 1961.

 

Titles

  • Boles Collection: 2: Singapore 1960. Kota Belud and Mt Kinabalu. British North Borneo 1960-61 (Archive)
Series Title:
Boles Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1961
Running Time:
15 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
200ft.
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis