Title:LORD KILLEARN AND DELEGATES AT FOOD CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE AND REHOISTING OF UNION JACK AT PENANG [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 567
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: At Government House in Singapore the recently appointed Special Commissioner for South East Asia, Sir Miles Lampson, First Baron Killearn, attends a conference to discuss the food situation in the region, and at Penang a Union flag hauled down in 1941 is flown again at the mast at Fort Cornwallis.
Description: Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilcox on 26 March 1946: Lord Killearn and an unidentified officer walking in the grounds of Government House, Singapore. Killearn and other delegates pose for photos.
Part 2: shot by Sergeant Brown on 26 March 1946: Various shots of Killearn and party in the grounds and posing for the cameras.
Part 3, shot by Sergeant Hutchins on 10 March 1946: The Union flag is raised at Fort Cornwallis in Penang by Yeoman Abdul Latif. Crowds looking on. View of a small guard of honour, comprising a band, detachments of the Malayan Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, the Malay Volunteers, and the local police. Guard marching off led by the band. Close-up of Sub-Lieutenant Powell, Royal Navy, commander of the guard.
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)
Brown, S T (Production individual)
Hutchins, H D (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Lampson, Miles Wedderburn (person)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Malaya Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (regiment/service)
Keywords: Singapore (geography)
Penang, Malaya (geography)
Allied Occupation of Singapore, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
Allied Occupation of Malaya, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
