LIBERATED PRISONERS OF WAR AT CHANGI JAIL, SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: LIBERATED PRISONERS OF WAR AT CHANGI JAIL, SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 136
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Views of a troopship convoy to Singapore, crowds lining the streets, and Allied prisoners liberated from Changi prison camp.
  • Description: Views of ships in convoy. Very fast tracking view of a crowd lining a road in Singapore taken from a moving vehicle. At the notorious Changi prison camp liberated Allied prisoners of war cheer. Emaciated men walking, unsteadily, with canes. An old man, apparently a local, similarly emaciated with his ribs visible even above the sternum. Cheering men; camera tilts up to show that the crowd stretches into the distance.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-09-05
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Clot, Dennis Francis Emile1919-07-04 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: Singapore (geography) Changi, Singapore (geography) Liberation of Singapore Island 1945, Malaya, Second World War (event) Allied Prisoners of War Far East 1939-1945, Internment (event) Prisoners of War, Far East 1939-1945 (theme) Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees 1945, Allied Prisoners of War Far East 1939-1945, Internment (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 147 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Notes: Photographic coverage of this event can be found at the references below.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 136

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 137 (THE RAF ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) Documents.17155 (System.Xml.XmlElement) 11381 ()
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