Fiji Troops For Malaya (1952)

Suva, Fiji.
GV. Town of Suva (for super title.) LV. Towards Fijian troops marching through Suva. CU. Fijian woman waving pan to more women following troops. LV. Deputy, Gov, taking salute SV. Towards Troops marching through Suva CU. Fijian Boy. GV. Fijian village. LV. Group of Fijians kicking ball. SV. Interior Villagers seated receiving bowl of drink at Good- Bye Ceremony. CU. Soldier drinking from bowl. SV. Soldiers kissing Chief's wife and saying Goodbye to chief. CU. Chief's wife saying goodbye to Soldier. SV. Troops boarding troopship. SV. Group of women with children waving. SCU. Woman in crowd shaking hands with passing soldiers. CU. Weeping woman. SV. Soldiers boarding trooper. CU. Crying woman kissing soldier. SV. Soldiers being checked aboard. CU. Crying woman reaching through barb wire fence to embrace soldiers. Soldier leaves woman reached through fence. SV. Soldier waves as he boards ship. SV. Soldiers waving from troopship. STV. Crowd waving from quayside. CU. Old man with young boy looking up at ship. CU. Crying woman leaning and peering through iron railings. SV. Troops waving as ship leaves quayside. CU. Woman holding handkerchief and crying. SCU. Women crying and waving. SCU. Woman crying. LV. Ship leaving as crowd waves. SCU. Crying women looking through barb wire. SV. Women and children, watching. GV. Troop ship leaving as crowds wave.
The troops are leaving for Malaya.
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[@keithorbell8946]

Thank you Fiji for sending your young men to us in Britain, not just to serve in Malaya, but today serving in our Armed Forces. Thank you so much.

[@nikowaqaisavou9371]

Isa my late dad was one of these brave men. Thank you for the sacrifice.

[@stretchh2o]

Did he come back after the war?

[@Pijan-jg7gc]

Thank you for your service in Malaya.. I salute you

[@elifyildirim150]

Three of my Dad's brothers were part of the Fijian contingent sent to Malaya.

[@billtiko1767]

Never forgot our fore fathers who sacrifice for world peace.

[@nailapeter51]

Thank you for your service

[@duddydjaya1004]

A pity taking peaceful calm pacific men to fight someone else's war.

[@RodtangGangFoo]

what a sad world!! taking some of the most peaceful people on the planet to do their dirty work!! people are pigs

[@jaredstevens5382]

​@@RodtangGangFoo calm down you dirty commie I'm sure you people would have loved to turn Fiji into a communist hell hole

[@IsaacMuntz]

In their defense the Japanese was invading and expanding in the pacific and they were pretty brutal in their occupation. So it's a duty for pacific men at the time to help participate in the war effort

[@Kampfgruppe]

well this pacific men is proud to fight alongside Commonwealth brother in this campaign....

[@er3829]

These Fiji Troops were sent to Malaya to protect the rubber plantations owned by the British Colonists.
These plantations were on land illegally taken from the local inhabitants by force.
The rubber tree saplings were brought in from South America (also obtained by force).
To operate these these plantations, British brought in Indians from South India (Madras) and kept them confined as slaves. Their offspring's remain in Malaya today and are at the lowest level of society.
The Fiji Troops were poorly armed, found the jungles of Malaya formidable and were able to capture only a handful of insurgents. These locals, labeled 'communists', were well trained and fortified by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
In the end, Fiji Troops went back in defeat.
Malaya was rescued from British Colonialism and became a independent country.
And,. plantation control transferred into local ownership.

[@f3ree893]

Naka va levu

[@christopherwhippy3181]

Don't bullshit Fijian soldiers flourished in the Malayan jungle.
The only good communist is a dead communist.

[@samuelavai5947]

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[@kuppusamymunikrishnan2660]

It is true from mslaysia.

[@samuelavai5947]

If Fiji and other Commonwealth Troops went home defeated... Malaysia would've been a Communist country by now...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ChristopherRobert-pg6kx]

Thank you for the video

[@nikodruguta6800]

Isa. vinaka na upload

[@kato2493]

Isa vinaka

[@noakuru2883]

Isaa...

[@Bartsmith2844]

Always prepared for the call of the Crown.the colonies

[@user-rq2sf1of9z]

isa sa rogoca oti e rua nai talanoa ni gole valu Solomoni kei Maleya