Friends of Malayans
odd: label: General
content: Local Number= HSFA 1994.20.1
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content: Peace Corps film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white sound; 542 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film documents the working partnerships developed between Peace Corps volunteers and Malayans when the two countries improved relations in 1962. Footage documents joint projects for Malayan national development. A Peace Corps volunteer surveying a future road is aided by Malayan assistants. American health care workers in collaboration with their Malayan colleagues conduct outreach programs in rural villages. Footage also depicts recreational activities enjoyed by both volunteers and Malayans. One volunteer teaches the game of basketball to his young Malayan students. Another volunteer is taught the art of carving a spinning top by an older Malayan. Two female volunteers participate in a traditional Malayan dance class with Malayan women. The film also includes a cursory history of the Peace Corps and its volunteers in Malaya. Short biographies on those volunteers profiled in the film are included in the footage.

Legacy Keywords: Peace Corps Asia ; Training Asia ; Development economics Asia ; Health public Asia ; Basketball Asia ; Professions and professionals Asia ; Health public Asia ; Construction by the government of roads Asia ; Pasttimes Asia ; Dance Asia ; Woodworking Asia ; Teachers Asia ; Education ; Relations international Asia ; Surveying of highway and railway routes Asia ; Malays (Asian people) ; North Americans