Singapore River and Harbour. Film 90747
171 views · Published 25 November 2013 · 1:03 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: HuntleyFilmArchives · 2013 · Travel & Events
Singapore. The Singapore River, filled with boats, a quay with its godowns and shophouses in the background. A bullock cart with large wheels and a thatched roof passes alongside a large colonial façade. A tramcar rolls down a street filled with Chinese shophouses and signs, alongside cars and rickshaws. More boats in the harbour: Malaya is a mixture of east and west. It is also a distribution point for 'valuable products of Malaya'. Shots of workers moving and unloading barrels, crates and sacks. Tin bars. Rubber sheets. Coconut husks/copra. A smiling girl holds up a small box of 'PERAK TEA - ORANGE PEKOE' . 'Primitive and modern' methods of production are used: a water buffalo ploughing the rice field. Indian workers making sheets of rubber on mechanised rollers. Young schoolgirls at desks outdoors being taught by a Chinese lady teacher who points to a sheet with the names of birds (hens, owls, etc) on it: native ways of life are continually subject to western influence. Smiling schoolgirls at desks.
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