Title:JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 380
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: With the surrender of Japan and the Allied reoccupation of Singapore, Japanese civilians and troops are interned and put to work.
Description: Japanese civil internees amongst a heap of boxes and crates. Close-ups of two Japanese internees. Internees picking through litter. More close-ups. Raking over a pile of rubbish. A lorry laden with rubbish drives away. More of internees picking through rubbish. A sign reads 'Japanese civilian camp - General office'. Close-ups of two Japanese, the latter wearing a pith helmet with 'SK' at the front. A laughing Japanese internee. A grinning Japanese man at the wheel of a lorry. Two men; one carries a bucket (apparently full of coffee) and the other a couple of earthenware mugs. Japanese men drinking the coffee. Japanese eating and smoking. Close-ups of internees. Internees standing amongst rubbish. Japanese man smoking. Picking through litter; a man drags away a carpet. Close-ups of internees. Man mopping his brow. Medium close-up of an older man. More turning of rubbish. A Japanese internee wearing a pith helmet and a cloth over his mouth. Wide shot of the rubbish tip. Internees apparently salvaging pieces of clothing from the rubbish. Another wide shot. Interned Japanese troops carry a large crate on their shoulders. It is loaded onto a cart and the cart is hauled away. Close-ups of the soldiers. Japanese prisoners carrying sheets of metal on poles. They walk down a road and away from camera. More footage of Japanese troops carrying their various loads with close-ups.
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)
Girling, F P (Production individual)
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Keywords: Singapore (geography)
Surrender of Japanese Forces 1945, Singapore, Second World War (event)
Allied Occupation of Singapore, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JFU 357 (JAPANESE WORKING PARTIES IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JFU 346 (JAPANESE PRISONERS PUT TO WORK IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JFU 345 (JAPANESE PRISONERS PUT TO WORK IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
ABY 181 (SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
