Title:EXCHANGING AND BURNING JAPANESE OCCUPATION CURRENCY IN THE CELEBES [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 532
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: In the Celebes (Sulawesi) in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) local people exchange their Japanese occupaton currency for Dutch currency, and the old money is burnt.
Description: Mr Vogellang, an official of the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (NICA), talks to the chief of then native village of Lantja. A pile of burning money is raked over. Wider shot; a man with a pole rakes the burning money with local people watching behind. Locals watching. Young boy with his hands on his hips watching the fire. Smouldering ashes. Two men lay out bundles of money for burning. Close-up of Japanese guilders being dumped onto the pile. A small can of petrol is poured over the money. Money is piled up and people watch. Three separate piles of money, apparently totalling some 50,000 Japanese guilders, burning with people watching. Mounds of money burning fiercely. Dutch soldiers buy tobacco at a local market in Singkang. Closer shot. The Rajah of Soppeng bargaining with stallholders at the market. Two more shots of the Rajah. View overlooking the market; a number of Gurkha soldiers can be seen. A local man exchanges his Japanese guilders for Dutch currency (at a rate of 3 cents to a Japanese guilder). Closer shots of money being handed over and counted. Reverse angle of money being handed over.
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)
Royle, Joe1927-01-14Family origin: Manchester, GB (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Netherlands Indies Civil Administration (regiment/service)
Keywords: Sulawesi, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
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)
JFU 412 (REMOVING JAPANESE CURRENCY FROM SINGAPORE BANKS [Allocated Title])
SE 6922 (THE ALLIED REOCCUPATION THE DUTCH EAST INDIES)
SE 6924 (THE ALLIED REOCCUPATION THE DUTCH EAST INDIES)
19654 ()
