Title:INDIAN TROOPS ON PATROL IN GRISEE AREA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 520
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Troops of 24th Indian Mountain Regiment mount a patrol in the Grisee (Grisek), Silo, Telopatoet (Tlogopatut?) Sidomoekto (Sidomukti), and Wonokitri areas (north west of Surabaya) of Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia).
Description: Opening shots almost totally black (footage taken at dawn) with only a little movement visible. Silhouettes of Indian troops passing camera with the sky lightening behind them; some wear turbans, others berets or steel helmets. Soldiers crouched in undergrowth. Face of an Indian with rifle crouched in thick cover. Men move along a narrow jungle track. More men move along as others keep watch. File of men moving the track. Feet trudging through mud. A British (?) soldier speaks to a number of Indonesian civilians. Panning landscape shots. Landscape with soldier, with his back to camera, with a slung Sten submachine gun. Landscape shot. A photographer, probably War Correspondent Allan MacPherson, smokes a cigarette. Patrol commander speaks on a wireless set. RAF Thunderbolt fighter-bomber overhead. Vickers medium machine gun with crew. Troops move off down the hill.
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)
Davis, Desmond (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, Indian Artillery, 24th Indian Mountain Regiment (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 5th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
