KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 634
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: In Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) British and Indian forces mount a parade to mark the King's birthday, and Lieutenant-General Eric Mansergh, commander Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies, takes the salute.
  • Description: Views of troops on parade. Flags of the British Empire flying. Mansergh arrives with military police escort. Officers and officials at the salute. Parade commander salutes Mansergh. Mansergh inspects troops, including the RAF Regiment and a detachment of 2nd Air Formation Signals. Mansergh leads the parade in a Royal salute. Union flag flying. Leading three cheers. Parade with the smoke of a gun salute in the background (presumably by 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery). Presenting arms. March past led by a jeep. Lorries towing Ordnance 25-pounder field guns of 178th Field Regiment. Sherman medium tanks of 13th Lancers; noticeably clean and gleaming in the sun, parade past Mansergh, who takes the salute. Indian troops passing; they wear white hackles (2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers?). More troops passing. RAF Regiment. Flypast by RAF Thunderbolt fighter-bombers; with the pipe band of the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders in the foreground. Seaforth band. Patiala Infantry pipe band. Mansergh leaving the base. Local spectators.
  • 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 634
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1946-06-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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) British Army, Royal Artillery, 178th Field Regiment (regiment/service) Indian Army, 13th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Lancers (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's) (regiment/service) Indian Army, Patiala Infantry, 1st Battalion (Indian State Forces) (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 388 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 634

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