Title:DOGRA REGIMENT FIRST ALLIED TROOPS TO LEAVE SURABAYA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 571
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: 1st Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment prepare to leave Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) in Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) on the troopship HMT Nevasa, for return to Calcutta.
Description: Two shots of the 'Cruiser Quay' at Surabaya with Nevasa alongside. Indian troops carrying cases up a gangway. Indian troops carrying cases; frame right a photographer (presumably Sergeant Coates of the Army Film and Photo Unit) jumps down from the back of a lorry and the camera follows two Indian soldiers as they carry a box up a gangway. Small group of soldiers unloading a lorry. Looking down a gangway staircase as a soldier climbs up towards camera. Troops and their baggage on the quayside. Troops sitting on their baggage. Close-ups of Indian soldiers, with one showing a cloth 'Dogra' shoulder title. Ship's name plate 'Nevasa'. Tilt up a large dock crane. Crane traversing. A box showing its destination 'Calcutta' in stenciled paint. Piled kit bags. Small arms and personal equipment on the ground; a soldier lies sleeping in the background. Closer shot of the soldier apparently asleep. Aboard a ship (the Nevasa?) a crane hook is lowered towards an open hatch. Looking into the open hatch. Crane swings a large load towards the dockside. On the quayside an Indian soldier climbs aboard a lorry carrying his pet cat. Troops formed up for the march to the quay. Marching off. The Dogra pipe band, playing 'Highland Laddie', leads the battalion towards the docks. Column on the march; a number of the men unsling their rifles. View of the dockside with long lines of men waiting. Shots of troops up gangway. The shadows of men climbing the gangway cast on the quayside. Brief shot of troops passing camera. A group climbs the stairs; one the men is wearing a pith helmet and appears to be carrying a wreath or bunch of flowers. As they climb up Sergeant Coates, camera in hand, comes down the same gangway. Local women waving to the departing soldiers. Looking up a gangway; obliging soldiers wave for the camera. Men on the ship's railings. Gangway lowering. Dockers cast off a heavy mooring line. Waving men with pan along the deck. Nevasa moving off into the Madura Straits.
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)
Davis, Desmond (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 5th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 17th Dogra Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, NEVASA (HMT), troopship (regiment/service)
Keywords: Surabaya, Indonesia (geography)
Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
Repatriation (event)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
