8TH PUNJAB REGIMENT LEAVES SAIGON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 8TH PUNJAB REGIMENT LEAVES SAIGON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 558
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: 2nd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment (20th Indian Division reconnaissance battalion) stage a march past before leaving Saigon, capital of French Indo-China (Vietnam), and General Leclerc takes the salute.
  • Description: Shot on 28 March 1946: General Leclerc, commander of French forces in Indo-China, steps out of a staff car and is introduced to Lieutenant-Colonel Roe, the commander of the Punjabi battalion, by Brigadier Maunsell, the commander of the British mission in Saigon. There are civilian spectators and traffic in the background. Roe presents a letter of thanks to Leclerc who reads it. March past; a French military band passes. March past of Punjabi troops. Shot on 29 March 1946: Troops on the quayside with their baggage. Shot of the side of the ship; the name 'Islami' can be seen above a lifeboat. Men carry their kit towards the «SS Islami». Troops up a gangway staircase with their kit. Alternative angle. The «Islami» leaving her berth.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: JFU 558
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1946-03-28
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Povey, P W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Leclerc, Philippe (person) Maunsell, Mark Stuart Kerr (person) Indian Army, 8th Punjab Regiment, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service) Merchant Navy, ISLAMI (SS), passenger liner (regiment/service) French Army, French Far East Expeditionary Corps (regiment/service) Indian Army, 20th Indian Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Saigon, French Indo-China (geography) Allied Occupation of French Indo-China, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (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: 167 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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    JFU 558

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 494 (32ND INDIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE LEAVING SAIGON [Allocated Title]) JFU 526 (HANDOVER OF LANDING CRAFT FROM ROYAL NAVY TO FRENCH NAVY IN SAIGON [Allocated Title])
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