Malcolm Macdonald In Indochina (1949)

Dallat, Pnom Penh, Angkor and Hanoi, Indochina. LS. Local people awaiting the arrival of Mr Malcolm MacDonald, British High Commissioner for South East Asia and First Chancellor of the University of Malaya (Malaysia). People playing traditional instruments and drums. SCU. Mr MacDonald chatting to a man. People looking on - several close up shots. MS. Mr MacDonald smoking peace pipe. MS. Mr MacDonald and Mr Leon Pignon, French High Commissioner, smoking peace pipes, & MS. CU. Mr MacDonald smoking pipe of peace (2 shots). Several shots of the exterior of the Imperial palace of Dallat. LS. Mr MacDonald’s car, with cavalry escort, driving to the Imperial Palace of Dallat. MS. Exterior the Imperial Palace of Dallat, MS. Statuary in the grounds. MS. Mr MacDonald and Leon Pignon, French High Commissioner, in palace grounds. MS. Mr MacDonald and Mr Pignon walking up steps of palace and being greeted by Emperor of Indochina Bao Dai at top. LS. Emperor Bao Dai with Mr MacDonald and Mr Pignon on either side of h