Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Chinese refugees flee the fighting in Sourabaya (Surabaya/Soerabaja) in eastern Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
Description: On a street in Surabaya a group of now homeless Chinese civilians walk towards camera; they carry a small number of personal possessions. The civilians walk away from camera; a number of shirtless and unarmed British soldiers also mill about. Quiet and apparently undamaged streets in the Chinese quarter of Surabaya. Wide shot showing smoke drifting and refugees walking in the opposite direction. Refugees cross shot right-to-left as a jeep emerges from the drifting smoke. A broad and almost completely deserted open area with a pall of smoke in the distance. Reverse angle shows Stuart light tanks on the road and Indian troops on the left of frame. Indian troops outside a low building. Stationary tanks firing; they are a little too far away for the firing to be seen clearly. Indian signallers with their wireless equipment and a tank in the background. Tanks with dense black smoke rising in the distance.
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: Indian Army, 5th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 9th Jat Regiment, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
British Army, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 9th Indian Infantry Brigade (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)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
