Title:TROOPS OFF DUTY IN SURABAYA AND A VISIT BY GENERAL CHRISTISON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 478
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Film showing troops of 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment off duty in Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) and a visit by General Sir Philip Christison, Allied commander in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
Description: Men of the 2nd Battalion, West Yorks, examine a wrecked Japanese artillery piece, apparently knocked out by a tank and being used as part of a roadblock. A man turns a handle on the gun and the barrel slowly elevates. Another pokes a finger through a hole in the gun's shield. Men relaxing at an abandoned school being used as a billet; they sit at school desks to write letters, read newspapers etc. One man enjoys a bottle of beer. A soldier reading a copy of the 'News of the World' newspaper. Soldiers with local Chinese civilians. The civilians examine a Japanese sword, captured by men of the West Yorks from the Indonesians.
General Christison is greeted on the airstrip at Surabaya by Major-General E C Mansergh, commander of 5th Indian Division. They are joined by Wing Commander M H Constable Maxwell, commander of RAF Surabaya. Christison, Mansergh and Constable Maxwell with Brigadier A Maclean, Brigadier General Staff (BGS) of XV Corps. Christison with Brigadier L H O Pugh, commander of 49th Independent Infantry Brigade, the successor to Brigadier Mallaby. Christison with a company commander of the 4th Mahrattas (Marathas). The party departs by jeep. Christison inspects a guard provided by the 1st Battalion 15th Rajputana Rifles. Christison talking with soldiers of the West Yorks and later an officer of the 4th Mahrattas. Men of the West Yorks riding borrowed bicycles down a street in Surabaya; behind them is a sandbagged emplacement with firing slits, a reminder of the danger of the situation. Soldiers queue for food. Men eating.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Abbott, J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Christison, Philip (person)
Mansergh, Eric Carden Robert (person)
Constable-Maxwell, Michael Hugh (person)
Maclean, Alasdair Gillean Lorne (person)
Pugh, Lewis Henry Owen (person)
British Army, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry, 4th Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 6th Rajputana Rifles, 5th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Surabaya 1945, Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Documents.4370 (System.Xml.XmlElement)
Documents.6697 (Private Papers of General Sir Robert Mansergh GCB KBE MC)
JFU 555 (STAND EASY - BRITISH OTHER RANKS OFF DUTY IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title])
SE 5735 (THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF JAVA)
SE 5738 (THE BRITISH OCCUPATION OF JAVA)
Documents.6697a (System.Xml.XmlElement)
Documents.6697b (System.Xml.XmlElement)
Documents.6697c (System.Xml.XmlElement)
