The British Official Film in South-East Asia: Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong

Introduction: the forms of the British official/sponsored documentary film.-1. Diverging jurisdictions: The influence of 'Griersonian' and 'civil service' traditions of official film-making on the Malayan Film Unit (1946-57) and Hong Kong Film Unit (1959-73).-2.Delusions of regional superintendence at the end of empire and the case of the Singapore Regional Information Office, 1947-1961.-3. The use of the official film in Malaya/Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong, 1957-73, and the role of the United Kingdom Information Services, British Information Services, British Council and Hong Kong Government Information Services.-4. Berita Singapura (1963-9) and Hong Kong Today (1967-73).-5. The rise of television, persistence of authoritarianism, and decline of the official film in Singapore, Malaya/Malaysia and Hong Kong, 1955-75