Title:SURRENDER OF JAPANESE 94TH DIVISION AT SUNGEI PATANI, MALAYA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JIN 134
Other titles:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: On a rainy day at Sungei Patani in Kedah, Malaya, thousands of men of the Japanese 94th Division surrender, while the officers of the division lay down their swords before staging a marchpast.
Description: A staff car, followed by a jeep, crosses a waterlogged field at Sungei Patani; in the background a large body of troops on parade. The car stops and Major-General George Wood, commander of 25th Indian Division, steps out. Wide shot; Japanese officers salute with their swords. Saluting base in heavy rain with Union flag flying. A Japanese officer is frisked. More Japanese officers frisked with closer shot. Officers on saluting base with tilt to flag flying. A Japanese officer (the commander of 94th Division?) runs across the muddy field, salutes, and surrenders his sword onto a table. Lesser officers lay their swords onto a groundsheet. More officers surrendering their swords. Closer shot; two Japanese halt, salute, and lay down their swords; a British soldier’s bayonet enters shot. Pile of Japanese swords. Alternative angle; two officers surrender their swords onto a now-substantial pile of swords before running off. The Japanese 94th Division marches past camera. The division marches past the saluting base; pan right shows the length of the Japanese column. More Japanese troops, many wearing white armbands with crosses, march past.
Alternative Title:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor)
Indian Public Relations Film Unit (Production company)
Afzal, Mohammed (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Wood, George Neville (person)
Indian Army, 25th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Imperial Japanese Army, 94th Division (regiment/service)
