INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 604
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: At the Municipal Building in Singapore, the new Governor General of Malaya, Malcolm MacDonald, is installed.
  • Description: General Sir Montagu Stopford, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, arrives at the Municipal Building. Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives with his wife, Lady Mountbatten. MacDonald arrives. After the installation MacDonald receives a salute from a guard of honour of 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry. Inspecting the guard and departing.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: JFU 604
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1946-05-22
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Wilcox (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Stopford, Montagu George North (person) Mountbatten, Edwina (Countess) (person) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person) MacDonald, Malcolm John (person) British Army, Durham Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Singapore (geography) Post-war Malaya 1945-1948 (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 162 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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    JFU 604

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 607 (INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title]) JFU 606 (ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA, MALCOLM MACDONALD, AT CHANGI AIRPORT SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) JFU 605 (GUN SALUTE DURING INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title]) JFU 603 (INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title])
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