THAI RICE BEING UNLOADED ONTO DUCKS AT PORT SWETTENHAM, MALAYA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: THAI RICE BEING UNLOADED ONTO DUCKS AT PORT SWETTENHAM, MALAYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 534
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Rice, supplied by the Siamese (Thai) government, is unloaded onto DUKW amphibians at Port Swettenham in Selangor, Malaya.
  • Description: View from aboard a transport ship as a cargo net full of rice sacks is hoisted from the hold and swung over the side to a (waiting and unseen) DUKW amphibious truck ('Duck'). Looking down into the hold. Looking over the side the sacks are lowered towards a DUKW. Line of DUKWs entering the water. DUKWs approach camera up a slipway.
  • 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 534
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1946-02-22
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Clark, Paul Stuart1926-07-24 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Army Service Corps (regiment/service) British Military Administration Malaya (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Port Swettenham, Selangor, Malaya (geography) Allied Occupation of Malaya, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event) Empire & Commonwealth (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: 120 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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    JFU 534

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 392 (FIRST FOOD SUPPLIES BY SUNDERLAND TO KUANTAN; GUERILLA CHIEFS; WOMAN JUNGLE WANDERER [Allocated Title]) JFU 363 (KUANTAN, MALAYA: DELIVERY OF RICE BY SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT [Allocated Title]) JFU 554 (HARVESTING RICE IN SIAM FOR DISTRIBUTION TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES [Allocated Title]) JFU 616 (LOADING THAI RICE FOR THE RELIEF OF SHANGHAI [Allocated Title]) JFU 615 (LOADING THAI RICE FOR THE RELIEF OF SHANGHAI [Allocated Title]) JFU 614 (RICE MILLS IN BANGKOK [Allocated Title]) JFU 599 (DELIVERY AND USE OF LIVESTOCK ANTI-PEST SERUM IN THAILAND [Allocated Title])
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