GUN SALUTE DURING INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: GUN SALUTE DURING INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 605
  • 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, and Malay gunners fire a salute.
  • Description: Various angles of a battery of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns firing a salute, with a close-up of the Battery Sergeant Major Aman Hitam. Very long shot of MacDonald and others leaving the Municipal Building with guard of honour of 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry formed up on the padang. Spectators, including a police officer with 'SSP' (Straits Settlements Police) epaulette.
  • 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 605
  • 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) Brown, S T (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: 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: 133 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 605

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 603 (INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title]) JFU 604 (INSTALLATION CEREMONY OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF MALAYA [Allocated Title]) 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])
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