Title:JAPANESE PRISONERS CLEAN UP SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 328
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Before the formal Japanese surrender ceremony in Singapore, surrendered Japanese troops clean up the city while freed Allied prisoners and local civilians look on.
Description: Wide shot showing large group of surrendered Japanese on an open field with motor transport behind. A man at the front of the group possibly an officer, sheathes a sword. View of Japanese troops resting on the Padang, a green space in the heart of Singapore's government district; the Municipal Building can be seen in the background and civilians watch in the foreground. Japanese troops resting with an Indian soldier in the foreground. Civilians looking on. Japanese troops at work. Japanese troops working with British ex-prisoners of war watching; a Union flag flies at the flagstaff of the Municipal Building in the background.
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)
MacTavish, DuncanDuncan MacTavish, service number 378125, sergeant cameraman with No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant 6 September 1945 (see Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 April 1947). (Production individual)
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Keywords: Singapore (geography)
Liberation of Singapore Island 1945, Malaya, Second World War (event)
Surrender of Japanese Forces 1945, Singapore, Second World War (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
ABY 181 (SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JFU 345 (JAPANESE PRISONERS PUT TO WORK IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JFU 346 (JAPANESE PRISONERS PUT TO WORK IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JIN 117 (EVACUATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR CAMP FROM SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
