ARRIVAL OF SIR EDWARD GENT, GOVERNOR OF THE MALAYAN UNION, IN KUALA LUMPUR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ARRIVAL OF SIR EDWARD GENT, GOVERNOR OF THE MALAYAN UNION, IN KUALA LUMPUR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 568
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Film coverage by two cameramen showing the arrival of Sir Edward Gent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, on the eve of the creation of the Malayan Union.
  • Description: Part 1, by Sergeant Clark: Gent steps down from an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft and is greeted. He talks with the assembled people on at the airstrip. At the headquarters of Malaya Command gunners of 114th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, prepare to fire a 17-gun salute. View from behind the gun. Saluting base decorated with a large Union flag. Gent, in full Governor's regalia with feathered hat, takes his position on the base with Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy, head of Malaya Command. Gent at the salute. Inspecting the gunners of 114th Field Regiment. Looking down a road as the pipe band of the (probably 1st Battalion) Royal Scots passes the camera on both sides; a throng of excited children follows. Pipe band at the head of the march past. A unit of the Malay Regiment halts. On parade; Union flags hang in the background. Gent and Messervy on saluting base. He inspects the Malay Regiment. Spectators. The band leads the Malay Regiment through the city. Part 2, by Sergeant Gordon: Gent steps down from his aircraft and is introduced to Messervy. Gent poses for pictures and photographers dash about. High shot looking down on 25-pounder guns as they fire the salute. Guard of honour provided by the (probably 1st Battalion) Bihar Regiment. Motorcade approaching. Escorting Humber armoured cars passing. Gent on saluting base. He inspects the Bihar Regiment. Gent's party drives off followed by motorcycle outriders. At Air Headquarters a jeep marked 'Provost' and 'Escort to his Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief Malayan Union' pass camera leading the motorcade, which includes armoured cars, British and Indian military police motorcyclists and Gent's limousine.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: JFU 568
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1946-03-31
  • 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) Gordon, J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Gent, Edward James (person) Messervy, Frank Walter (person) British Army, Royal Artillery, 114th Field Regiment (regiment/service) Indian Army, Bihar Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Military Administration Malaya (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Kuala Lumpur, Malaya (geography) Formation of the Malayan Union 1946 (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: 705 ft; Running time: 8 mins
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    JFU 568

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 565 (INSTALLATION OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) JFU 572 (FOOTBALL MATCH IN KUALA LUMPUR: BRITISH ARMY VERSUS PROFESSIONALS [Allocated Title])
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