Title:BRITISH MEDALS FOR MALAYAN GUERILLAS IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 501
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Film shot with live sound of Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, awarding 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: Footage shot with live sound showing Mountbatten standing on the steps of the Municipal Building and delivering his speech. He explains the need for the population to be patient as the Allies seek to improve the food supply and living conditions in Malaya and promises to do everything possible to mitigate the hardships and inconvenience caused by the large military presence massed in Singapore. Shot of the steps (without Mountbatten) as a Royal Marine band (out of shot) plays. Decorations are awarded to a number of guerilla leaders; they are announced and applauded. Mountbatten departing. Royal Marine band playing. Mountbatten, Allied officers and the Malayan guerillas at the salute as the band plays God Save the King. Band marching and countermarching; they are playing the Scottish traditional 'Skye Boat Song'.
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)
Wilcox (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Chin Peng (person)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Corps of Royal Marines (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)
