Title:SIR HAROLD MACMICHAEL ARRIVES IN MALAYA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 397
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Sir Harold MacMichael, former High Commissioner for Palestine and now the King's special representative, arrives in Malaya before constitutional talks.
Description: At Port Swettenham MacMichael steps off a launch to a jetty accompanied by naval officers. He is greeted by Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, General Officer Commanding Malaya and commander of 14th Army, and Lieutenant-General Ouvry Roberts, commander of XXXIV Indian Corps. MacMichael walks along a covered walkway. A guard of honour salutes. MacMichael takes the salute and inspects the guard. He goes to get into his car but pauses to speak to an unnamed naval officer. He gets into the car. At the HQ of the British Military Administration a guard of honour salutes. MacMichael inspects the guard which includes Indian troops of XXXIV Corps, gunners of the Royal Artillery, men of the RAF Regiment and guerillas of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army. MacMichael chatting with a group of officers. A sign reads 'HQ British Military Administration Malay Peninsula'. Wide shot shows the sign and the HQ building.
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)
Govan, Harold WilliamBritish Army sergeant-cameraman with South East Asia Command Film Unit (British) and No.9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, formerly Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), service number 7662913, BEM in London Gazette 37576 published 21 May 1946, pg 2. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Roberts, Ouvry Lindfield (person)
Dempsey, Miles Christopher (person)
Royal Navy, ROYALIST (HMS) (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment (regiment/service)
Indian Army, XXXIV Indian Corps (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (geography)
Port Swettenham, Selangor, Malaya (geography)
Allied Occupation of Malaya, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
