EXECUTION OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AT CHANGI JAIL SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EXECUTION OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AT CHANGI JAIL SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 535
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: At Changi Jail, Singapore, three convicted Japanese war criminals are hanged.
  • Description: A hooded Japanese prisoner, probably Sergeant-Major Nobuo Iijima (named Eishima on the dopesheet), is led across a gallows in a courtyard at Changi jail by two men; spectators can be seen below. The noose is positioned around his neck shortly before he vanished through the trapdoor. The door from the cells is opened and Captain Mitsuo Komai is led out; a photographer stands by the door. The rope is placed around his neck. Shot of a chalk circle with the name 'Nakamura'. Nakamura is led out. Noose placed around his neck and his feet straps are adjusted. He vanishes out of shot as the trapdoor opens.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: JFU 535
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1946-03-14
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Walter, Ernest Henry1919Family origin: Barry, Glamorgan, South Wales (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Changi, Singapore (geography) Singapore War Crimes Trials, War Crimes Trials (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: 122 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    8299 () JFU 536 (EXECUTION OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AT CHANGI JAIL SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) JFU 537 (EXECUTION OF JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS AT CHANGI JAIL SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) JFU 454 (JAPANESE PRISONERS BEFORE OPENING OF SINGAPORE WAR CRIMES TRIALS [Allocated Title]) JFU 455 (OPENING OF SINGAPORE WAR CRIMES TRIALS [Allocated Title]) JFU 469 (OPENING OF SINGAPORE WAR CRIMES TRIALS - TRIAL OF GOZAWA SADAICHI [Allocated Title]) ABY 195 (OPENING OF WAR CRIMES TRIALS, SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
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