Title:ENTRY INTO HONG KONG: VIEWS FROM HMS GLENGYLE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 369
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: HMS Glengyle, an infantry landing ship carrying men of 3 Commando Brigade, makes its way towards Hong Kong.
Description: View aboard Glengyle with men of 3 Commando Brigade on deck. View of Mount Victoria taken through the gunshield of a 20mm gun. The ship passes the Royal Navy's King George V Class battleship HMS Anson. An almost totally obscured shot of a local boat. Local boat alongside. Panning views, one with naval officers in foreground. Local sailing junks pass with a Colossus Class aircraft carrier, either HMS Vengeance or HMS Venerable behind. Officers with binoculars.
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)
Tulloch, John ReayJohn Reay Tulloch, 375458, sergeant (later lieutenant, commissioned 25 April 1946) cameraman with No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit (SEAC Film Unit). (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 3rd Commando Brigade (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, GLENGYLE (HMS), landing ship (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, ANSON (HMS; battleship, cons. 1940) (regiment/service)
Keywords: Hong Kong (geography)
Liberation of Hong Kong 1945, Pacific War 1941-1945, Second World War (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
