Title:PRINCESS JULIANA'S BIRTHDAY PARADE IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 595
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: In Batavia, capital of the Netherlands East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia), a parade of British and Dutch forces is held to mark the occasion of Princess Juliana's birthday.
Description: Troops march along a main road, with a tramline, which is lined with spectators; some troops appear to be out of step. The saluting base with senior Dutch and British civil and military personalities. Troops passing. A unit of the Royal Air Force Regiment passes. Dutch troops pass. Pipe band of 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders playing. Abortive close-up of a piper. Crowd of civilians with women and children both Dutch and Indonesian; they do not appear as enthusiastic as the cameraman suggests on his dopesheet. A jeep passes camera followed by Studebaker lorries towing 25-pounder artillery pieces. Crowds watching. Saluting base with the Dutch tricolour flying above. Stuart light tanks pass; they are apparently in Dutch service but still bear British names such as 'Beagle' and 'Victor'. Pipe band passes at the end of the parade.
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: Mansergh, Eric Carden Robert (person)
Mook, Hubertus Johannes van (person)
Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies (regiment/service)
British Army, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
