Title:BATAVIA: CORPSES IN THE ANTJOL CANAL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 527
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: In Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia), corpses of individuals killed in interethnic violence are seen floating down the Antjol Canal, while local people use the same water for bathing, washing and drinking.
Description: Wide shot showing a corpse floating in the Antjol Canal in Batavia, apparently near a lock or sluice gate. A body drifts slowly towards a number of wooden posts. Three shots of a body, each closer than the last; the (male?) corpse is of indeterminate ethnicity, appears somewhat bloated and the last shot shows a large wound on the back of the neck. Wide shot shows a local woman washing her hair by the side of the water. View looking down on a civilian beating clothes on a set of steps by the water's edge. Four young children swimming in the canal with pedestrians and cyclists on the path behind. Closer shot of the children swimming. Long shot of a body floating along a watercourse, apparently closer to the sea (the canal now looks more like a river). Two British servicemen, one a lance corporal and the other a sergeant (both probably military policemen), at the water's edge; they point towards the body.
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)
Pickering, W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Corps of Royal Military Police (regiment/service)
Keywords: Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Indonesian Independence, Independence Movements (event)
Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
