Crowded race meeting. Road gang at work. Light railway system movements. Local fairs and festivals. Official Presentation of award to local headman. Opening of new school. Governor's inspection and official parade. Pontoon vehicle river ferry. Coastal saw mill with its workers in operation. Arrival of coastal freighter with its local passengers waiting at the harbour side. Coastal views out over Jesselton bay.

Production / Donor Details: These films were taken by Edmund Kennedy Wicksteed, 1916-1992. In the 1930s he worked as a customs officr in Malaya, was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, & was imprisoned at Lintang Internment Camp, Kuching, Sarawak. After the war he served as a customs officer, District Officer, & then joined the secretariat in Jesseleton before becoming Resident in various districts in Borneo. He returned to England in 1966 when Borneo became independent. He was awarded the CBE for colonial service.