Title:JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS SORTED AT BANGKOK JAIL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 356
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: At Bangkok jail suspected Japanese war criminals are paraded in front of ex-prisoners of war and internees in order for them to be identified.
Description: A Dutch naval officer points at a Japanese suspect. Out of focus pan from an Allied officer making notes to a Japanese officer. A Japanese quartermaster ('squat and arrogant' - from the dopesheet) has his particulars noted. Notes being taken. A Japanese officer is brought from his cell to be identified. In a large cell full of Japanese other ranks, Allied personnel examine each man; some of them are holding their arms up in the air. Ex-prisoners of war and internees arrive at the jail to identify Japanese suspects. Japanese troops are marched past a line of ex-prisoners to be identified. Interior cell, very dark. A Sikh on patrol passes a cell full of Japanese. An Indian officer with South East Asia Command patch (a phoenix) with a clip board; a number of other officers pass.
Attached media - films JFU 354, JFU 355 and JFU 356
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)
Watson, W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 7th Indian Division (regiment/service)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY (regiment/service)
Keywords: Bangkok, Thailand (geography)
Investigation of War Crimes, War Crimes Trials (event)
Singapore War Crimes Trials, War Crimes Trials (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
