From the archive record
Viewer Mr Neptune tells us that this is the Tenaga Nasional Berhad 500 KV transmission line from Perak to Kedah in Malaysia. Aerial footage of power transmission lines crossing through the rain forests and oil palm cultivation of south-east Asia (seen here in Malaysia). Industrial manufacturing parks are also seen among the palm plantations with the occasional agricultural field and township. The oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis jacq.) originates from West Africa where it grows in the wild and later was developed into an agricultural crop. It was introduced to Malaysia, then Malaya, by the British in early 1870’s as an ornamental plant. In 1917, the first commercial planting took place in Tennamaran Estate in Selangor, laying the foundations for the vast oil palm plantations and the palm o