Footage from a Malaya Command athletics competition held at Kuala Lumpur, with senior military and civil figures in attendance.

Various views of the hurdles. Start of the quarter-mile race. Finish of the quarter-mile. Out of focus footage of the start of the 3-mile race. Race in progress. An Indian soldier, Naik Sohan Singh of 89th Indian Infantry Brigade wins the 3-miler. Dark (silhouetted) close-up of Singh. A team of Sikhs competing in the tug of war. Competitors spectating. Flight Lieutenant Liezer at the high jump. The winner of the high jump, Balwant Singh, clearing a height of five feet eleven inches. Close-up of Balwant Singh. Pole vault. Senior spectators; Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy (General Officer Commanding Malaya), Alexander Newboult (Chief Secretary of the Malayan Union) and Alam Shah, Sultan of Selangor. Presentation of cups to servicemen and the civilian captain of the Tamilian Physical Culture Association.

Notes

The cameraman names the recipients of the cups on his dopesheet, but the correspondence of names to the footage is not entirely clear. The names given are:

Lieutenant Burini of 80th Indian Infantry Brigade.

Leading Aircraftman Clapham.

Major Rowland Jones of 1st Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment.