First Overland: Part 1, 1955 Land Rover Expedition London to Singapore 

Land Rover Promotional Video of six Oxford & Cambridge university students on an expedition from London to Singapore, 1955-1956.
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First Overland: London-Singapore by Land Rover by Tim Slessor
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From Wikipedia:
Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition
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Team members:
All members were from either Oxford University or Cambridge University, and all had just finished their degrees when they set out on the expedition, with the exception of Nigel Newbery, who had one year left, and was the only Oxford student. The expedition members and their roles on the expedition were as follows:
Antony "B.B." Barrington Brown - Cameraman
Adrian Cowell - Business Manager
Patrick Murphy - Navigator and Chef
Nigel Newbery - Quartermaster and Mechanic
Henry Nott - Chief Engineer
Tim Slessor - Scribe and Assistant Cameraman
Route:
After setting off from Hyde Park in London, on 1 September 1955,[1][2] the expedition was flown over to the European continent and from there continued through France, Monaco, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Malaya and Singapore.
Arriving on 6 March 1956, the journey took six months and six days, over 18,000 miles.
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