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Synopsis :

B&W
- Supreme Court and Padang
- Tongkangs on Singapore River
- Street scenes - library - street scenes - husking rice - barber massaging first Captain Phillip Stevens and then Major Wilf (Bunny) Browne - Amah doing her hair - children - amah again

Colour
- Street scenes - Sultan Mosque - street - Bali Lane - street - Hindu temple South Bridge Road - Oxcart - Chinese shrine

B&W
- Water tap - wood being cut for Captain Phillip Stevens's boat (Lavender Street, Geylang area?) - inside wood yard - carpenter planing

Colour
- Tanjong Pagar Railway Station - the lamps were made at the Luco Art Metal Coy London which belonged to Wilf (Bunny) Browne's father - murals

B&W
- Monkey in Botanic Gardens - children throwing peanuts

Colour
- Singapore Swimming Club - Royal Singapore Yacht Club (Tanjong Pagar? Tanjong Rhu?)

B&W
- Inside the RSYC boat house - friends on verandah - Paddy Browne with hair in plaits after the joke glass - other friends

Colour
- Glimpse GHQ officers' living quarters in Tanglin - officers' mess - living quarters with Wilf Browne's car and Abdullaman his batman and his room with sails hanging out to dry - Singapore Race Course with start box - Haw Par Villa with painters - Thaipusam festival

B&W
- Chinese God of Medicine? Festival - unknown boy first - after he has thrown up his hands and "come to" Wilf Browne's office clerk is tranced. He gave us permission to film this festival.

Colour
- Singapore River after rain - Satay stall - Victoria Theatre - Junks - Change Alley - Singapore River stalls - river - boys swimming - Robinson's department store and Raffles Place with yellow top taxis - small Chinese funeral - Malay House - wedding of Bostam Kurchi, Wilf Browne's Malay teacher - ritual knocking on door asking for the bride and "paying for her" - coloured ceremonial eggs.

Sunset.