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1. Mangrove To Metropolis
Cathay Organisation; map; Denmark House; farmers; HDB provision shops; steel mill; beauty saloon; Chinatown streets; Collyer Quay; workers loading sacks on a ship; "trolley" goods; fish ponds; "kelong"; fishermen casting nets; "sampan"; village on water; vegetable farm; poultry farm; chickens, collection of eggs; statue of Sir Stamford Raffles; frontal view of statue; Arab Street; old cars; "saree"; tourist; port; Singapore River bumboats; Keppel Harbour; unloading of New Zealand apples; ship repair; pan shot of harbour (off Clifford Pier); rubber factory worker; copra; rattan; China Bank; Raffles Hotel; Paya Lebar Airport; planes, Qantas/Malayan Airways; Singapore River; Anderson Bridge; bumboats; female students; peanut oil factory; canning; glass bottles; shipyard building; oil refinery; car assembly; furniture; lamp shades; textiles; exterior of Jurong site and factories; steel mills; oil refinery; shipbuilding; socks (Swan brand); Jurong housing estate; railway and train; power station; plywood; education for adults; health care; flats; street lighting; civil service; unloading of sacks at port; traffic in the city; Raffles Square; goldsmith; furniture; technical education; playground; lion dance; hotel kitchen; canteen; hawker, restaurant service; tourist-type shops; souvenirs; shops; local trades - tailor, "dhoby" man, barber, 5-foot-way barber, cobbler; loading of sacks; welding; women in factories; 70 Collyer Quay; and Victoria Memorial Hall.

2. (Introduction) Pulau Senang opened by the Singapore Government in 1960 as a penal settlement for about 600 secret society gangsters; prison van transporting young men detained for criminal activities; ship transporting them to Pulau Senang from Changi Prison; prisoners embarking on the island from a boat; temporary shed to house prisoners; transport of food and amenities to the island; prisoners chopping wood as part of their rehabilitation labour; prisoners building their new prison quarters on the island, digging the hill, laying the bricks, fixing the roof and painting the building; prisoners moving into their new quarters; a prisoner finds a family photograph; fun in the sea; prisoners ploughing the soil with machines and growing crops on the island.