LIBERATION OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LIBERATION OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6783
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT GORDON THOMAS [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Gordon Wallace Thomas while serving with the Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve records the peaceful British reoccupation of the Andaman Islands in October 1945 and shows a group of Comfort Girls (of Eurasian appearance) standing smiling for the cameraman, as well as separate shots of Japanese prisoners of war and a Japanese armoured car.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY LIEUTENANT GORDON THOMAS [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour (part B&W)
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 6783
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period:
  • Production Date: 1945-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: THOMAS, GORDON (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords:
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour (part B&W) Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm Footage: 800 ft (ca); Running time: mins
  • HD Media:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    MGH 6783

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 416 (REOCCUPATION OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS [Allocated Title]) JYY 64 (JAPAN'S TIDE OF CONQUEST : New Guinea, Darwin and Indian Ocean [Allocated Title])
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