HC Deb 09 March 1960 vol 619 c34W
Mr. Benn

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what date the Malta Police were equipped with cine-cameras; and on how many occasions prior to 1958 were such cameras used to take cine-photographic records of political demonstrations in each of the preceding ten years.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The Malta Police were first equipped with a cine-camera on 5th September, 1938. During the period 1938 to 1958 a number of films were taken on occasions when it was thought there might be political demonstrations but no detailed records are available.