Title:JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE IN BRITISH TERRITORY ON THE BANKS OF THE SITTANG [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 306
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of the River Sittang near Mokpalin, Burma, to discuss surrender.
Description: View looking down on a country boat crossing the River Sittang and approaching the near bank. Japanese troops step ashore. Two Japanese soldiers. Close-up of a Japanese officer. Close-up of two Japanese officers. Looking down on two Japanese soldiers; one removes a water bottle on a shoulder strap. Looking down as a Japanese officer parleys with a Lieutenant Thompson, the British officer commanding the detachment escorting the Japanese party. Group of Japanese with one smoking. Japanese (officer?) smoking. An Intelligence Corps interrogator, Lieutenant Lindsay, with Major Wako; he examines his sword. The surrender party walk along a railway line with white flags. Wide shot of the party passing an area of marshy ground. Parley with three British officers. Medium close-up of Major Wako. Japanese party resting with tea and cigarettes. They board a small train.
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)
Higgins, K G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 10th Gurkha Rifles, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Abya, Burma (geography)
Waw, Burma (geography)
Mokpalin, Burma (geography)
Sittang (River), Burma (geography)
Surrender of Japanese Forces 1945, Burma, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JFU 305 (JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE IN BRITISH TERRITORY ON THE BANKS OF THE SITTANG [Allocated Title])
JIN 120 (RECOVERY OF JAPANESE SURRENDERED PERSONNEL AT SHWEGYIN [Allocated Title])
