WATCH: Rare color film from the 1930s documents life in Jakarta and Indonesia pre-Independence

It is always interesting to get cinematic glimpses into Indonesia’s past, to see the ways things really used to be. (FYI if you haven't seen it, be sure to check out this fascrinating documentary on Jakarta from the 1970's) “The Coveted East Indies” by Deane Dickson was recently uploaded to Youtube by the History Owl channel. Part of the Prelinger Archive of rare documentary footage, the film documents life in the then “Dutch East Indies” and Jakarta (then called Batavia) towards the very end..