Title:JAPANESE KEMPEITAI OFFICIALS MARCHED THROUGH SINGAPORE TO PEARL HILL JAIL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 371
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to Pearl Hill Jail.
Description: Japanese troops are marched past the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) building, previously used as a Japanese headquarters 'and scene of many atrocities'. Tracking shot from a moving jeep. Japanese troops marching towards camera through central Singapore; rickshaw pullers, cyclists, and military and civilian motor traffic passes. Reverse angle. (In the two preceding shots street signs reading 'St Gregory Place' and 'Coleman Street' can be seen, placing the column about a mile north of the prison and near the heart of the Singapore government district.) Closer shot of the column passing. Wider shot with rickshaw pullers and cyclists; a man who appears to be a British Army photographer walks towards camera. Rickshaw runners watch the Japanese pass. A Japanese warrant officer who fell out during the march, named on the dopesheet as Masao Shibaoka, puts his tropical helmet back on and heaves himself to his feet. Slightly elevated shot of column passing. Closer shot, of the faces of the Japanese troops as they pass. Entering the jail at Pearl Hill (also known as Outram Road). The Japanese warrant officer seen earlier straggles in behind and is escorted by a sergeant.
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)
Hammond, R G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Imperial Japanese Army, Kempeitai (regiment/service)
Keywords: Singapore (geography)
Outram Road (geography)
Surrender of Japanese Forces 1945, Singapore, Second World War (event)
Liberation of Singapore Island 1945, Malaya, Second World War (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
