Title:ROYAL NAVY CHILDREN'S PARTY IN MEDAN, SUMATRA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 640
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: In Medan, Sumatra in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), eight members of the Royal Navy lay on a party for Dutch children.
Description: Children playing 'Oranges and Lemons'. Conductor T Thompson pushes a child on a swing. Children on a see-saw with a sailor standing by. A very brief shot of children playing 'Hit him when he peeps' and throwing tennis balls at sailor John Diode (of Queen's Road, Nuneaton). Kids board a 'jeep train' comprising a jeep towing a long line of open trailers. A Royal Navy officer, probably Lieutenant-Commander A Tyson DSC, gets into the drivers seat. View from aboard the train. Close-ups of children. A lorry passes. Kids get off the train. Game of football. Interior; children having tea. Sailor Arthur Potass of Oakcroft Road, Billesley, Birmingham, holding a child. Empty plates. Exterior; men giving out sweets. Back on board the train to take the kids home. Group shot of the Navy men who organised the party.
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)
Pickering, W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Keywords: Medan, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
