Title:EVACUATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR BY AIR FROM SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 330
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Singapore, are evacuated by air from Kallang airport.
Description: Group of freed prisoners of war walk towards a parked RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft. Men boarding the aircraft. View from inside the aircraft as men come aboard. Dakota taxiing (slightly out of focus).
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)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
British Army, Manchester Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kallang, Singapore (geography)
Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees 1945, Allied Prisoners of War Far East 1939-1945, Internment (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
