BRITISH MEDALS FOR MALAYAN GUERILLAS IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH MEDALS FOR MALAYAN GUERILLAS IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 498
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, awards medals to members of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) and other members of the Malayan resistance at the Municipal Building, Singapore.
  • Description: Royal Marine band playing. View from the steps of the Municipal Building with senior officers and the conductor; pan to the band and a waiting car. Mountbatten departs and the camera follows his car. Two guerillas in the back of an open car. Three MPAJA guerillas likewise. Cars departing. Senior officers in the grounds of the Municipal Building followed by a number of civilian officials, members of the MPAJA and other guerillas. The group poses for a photo. Royal Marine band on the Padang, the green space in front of the Municipal Building. Mountbatten addressing the crowd. Eight members of the MPAJA in line. The first guerilla (Chin Peng? See note) is decorated; he salutes Mountbatten with a clenched fist. More guerillas are decorated. Seated senior officers applaud. More guerillas are decorated. Royal Marine band marching and countermarching. Mountbatten reading his speech. Band marching. Cars arriving. A good shot shows Mountbatten arriving by car in the foreground, parade saluting in the background, and ships in the harbour behind. Band playing. Parade. Long lens view of Mountbatten inspecting a guard of the Highland Light Infantry. Union flag flying. Spectators on balconies. Spectators on the Padang. Spectators on the street. Crowd and band of the 1st Battalion Cameronians.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 498
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1946-01-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Girling, F P (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person) Chin Peng (person) Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Corps of Royal Marines (regiment/service) South East Asia Command (regiment/service) British Army, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Highland Light Infantry (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Singapore (geography) Allied Occupation of Singapore, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event) Clandestine Operations, Resistance Movements (event) Guerilla Operations 1943-1945, Malaya, Second World War (event) India 1939-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 759 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 498

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 499 (BRITISH MEDALS FOR MALAYAN GUERILLAS IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) JFU 500 (BRITISH MEDALS FOR MALAYAN GUERILLAS IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) JFU 501 (BRITISH MEDALS FOR MALAYAN GUERILLAS IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
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