Title:JOINT GURKHA AND JAPANESE PATROL ON SAIGON RIVER [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 372
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: After disturbances between the Vietnamese and French population of Saigon, French Indo-China (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam), a section of Gurkhas mount a patrol on a river boat manned by a Japanese crew.
Description: Troops crossing a waterlogged field; their feet splash the water. Gurkhas of 3rd Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles boarding a river boat with Japanese crew. The bow of the boat with a Gurkha Bren gunner and another Gurkha loading his Sten submachine gun. On board the boat with Gurkhas looking out. View over the Bren gunner's shoulder. Portrait of a Gurkha with Sten gun; he wears the distinctive 'pillbox' hat and kukri of a Gurkha, the sword patch of 20th Indian Division and his ammunition pouches are full of magazines for his Sten gun. Gurkhas with rifles levelled over the gunwale. British Gurkha officer conferring with Japanese officers over a French map marked 'Plan de Cholon'. A boatyard on the riverside. Approaching an arched steel bridge over the river. Close-up of a Gurkha with a levelled rifle and two Japanese soldiers behind. Close-up of a Gurkha. Japanese crewman standing quite nonchalantly by the deckhouse, which is marked 'R.N.7'. Gurkha looking out.
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)
Sanders, P A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 1st Gurkha Rifles, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 80th Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 20th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Saigon, French Indo-China (geography)
Allied Occupation of French Indo-China, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
