SULTAN OF SELANGOR'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT KLANG
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JFU 624).
Synopsis
In honour of the Sultan of Selangor's 48th birthday, a parade is mounted on the Klang padang in Selangor, Malaya.
The Sultan arrives and is greeted by an unnamed officer. Shaded by a bearer with parasol he inspects a guard of honour of the recently re-raised Malay Regiment and is followed by a large and colourfully dressed retinue. Party arrive at the padang at Klang. He inspects a gun crew of 114th Field Regiment Royal Artillery, formed up by their Ordnance QF 25-pounder. He inspects a guard of 7th Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment. The Sultan on a saluting base for a march past. Close-up of the Sultan. Leaving the base. A battery of the 114th Field Regiment fire a salute; there is a large Islamic-looking building on the hill in the background which is possibly the Mahkota Puri Palace. Gun crew at their gun.
Titles
- SULTAN OF SELANGOR'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT KLANG (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1946
- Running Time:
- 2 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 172 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- War Office Directorate of Public Relations
- cameraman
- Clark, P (Sergeant)
- Production company
- SEAC Film Unit