Title:MOUNTBATTEN PRESENTS TROPHY TO SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 602
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, presents a captured Japanese artillery piece to the people of Singapore.
Description: Spectators. Band of the 12th Frontier Force Regiment marching on the padang before the Municipal Building. Pan of the band. Close-up of the bandmaster. Band playing. Guard of honour presenting arms. Governor of Singapore Sir Franklin Gimson at the salute. Long lens views as Gimson and Mountbatten inspect the guard of honour. Mountbatten speaking from the steps of the Municipal Building. Wide view of the unveiling of the Japanese gun. Wide view of the presentation of a Union flag.
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)
Hutchins, H D (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Stopford, Montagu George North (person)
Mountbatten, Edwina (Countess) (person)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Gimson, Franklin Charles (person)
Kimmins, Brian Charles Hannam (person)
Lampson, Miles Wedderburn (person)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Singapore (geography)
Post-war Malaya 1945-1948 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
