Title:OCCUPATION OF SINGKEP ISLAND [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 361
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British troops of 5th Parachute Brigade round up the Japanese garrison of Singkep Island, off Sumatra south of Singapore, who are transported by sea to Singapore.
Description: Kempeitai on parade. Pan along the line of Kempeitai. The unit is marched off under guard; some of the front rank march with a high step. Crowd of local civilians watching. Kempeitai forming up with their baggage. Medium close-up of members of the unit. They are marched off and civilians watch them go. Members of the Japanese garrison arriving at the docks with their baggage on their backs. Japanese troops sitting on the jetty with civilians behind. They board a Royal Navy motor launch of the 38th Flotilla, Coastal Forces. Japanese sat on the foredeck. View along the jetty with the stern of a launch, rocking slightly in the water, facing camera and Japanese making their way along the jetty. Reverse angle shows bows of two berthed motor launches. Footage taken at sea with the leading launch directly ahead. Another launch on the port beam. A motor launch at distance. View looking aft towards officers on the open bridge.
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: British Army, 5th Parachute Brigade (regiment/service)
Imperial Japanese Army, Kempeitai (regiment/service)
Keywords: Singkep Island, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Allied Occupation of Malaya, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
