LOADING THAI RICE FOR THE RELIEF OF SHANGHAI [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LOADING THAI RICE FOR THE RELIEF OF SHANGHAI [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 616
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: On the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, capital of Siam (Thailand), a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) ship is loaded with rice for the relief of Shanghai.
  • Description: Sacks of rice are dropped on to dockers' shoulders. View inside the hold. Dark shot of sacks being carried from a warehouse. Sacks are put onto a barge and each is stencilled. Closer view of the stencilling.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 616
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1946-05-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Royle, Joe1927-01-14Family origin: Manchester, GB (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Bangkok, Thailand (geography) Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (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: 192 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    JFU 616

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 496 (BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN AND SIAMESE PEACE AND TRADE TREATY CONCLUDED AT SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) JFU 509 (HARVESTING PADDY IN THE JITRA AREA OF NORTHERN MALAYA [Allocated Title]) JFU 534 (THAI RICE BEING UNLOADED ONTO DUCKS AT PORT SWETTENHAM, MALAYA [Allocated Title]) JFU 554 (HARVESTING RICE IN SIAM FOR DISTRIBUTION TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES [Allocated Title]) JFU 615 (LOADING THAI RICE FOR THE RELIEF OF SHANGHAI [Allocated Title]) 19654 ()
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