Title:BRITISH MEDALS FOR MALAYAN GUERILLAS IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 500
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: Shot from the steps of the Municipal Building showing a line of waiting Malayan guerillas of various factions. An MPAJA guerilla steps forward to receive his medals. The fifth (?) MPAJA guerilla steps forward. Cars arriving. Mountbatten arriving. Mountbatten saluting the parade. Mountbatten inspects the guard of honour from 1st Battalion Cameronians. Mountbatten ascends the steps of the Municipal Building; guerillas wait at the base.
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)
Potter, Ronald Edward David 'Gillie'1923-11-162004-05-25Studied Ealing School of Art, joined National Screen Service as title artist; Second World War, service with Army Film and Photographic Unit, then South East Asia Command Film Unit; post-war Malayan Film Unit. Work in commercial television from 1950s, Guild Television Service, Rank Organisation. Formed own company, Gillie Potter Productions. Distinguished animator. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (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)
British Army, Army Film and Photographic Unit (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)
