JAPANESE SURRENDER OF SELETAR AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: JAPANESE SURRENDER OF SELETAR AIRFIELD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 141
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Film of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten arriving at Singapore in advance of the formal Japanese surrender, and the surrender of Seletar airfield.
  • Description: Kallang Airport, Singapore; Mountbatten steps down from an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft and is greeted by a civilian man wearing a topee. He is followed by Lieutenant-General William Slim, recently appointed commander of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA). Mountbatten and Slim are greeted by Lieutenant-General Philip Christison, General Officer Commanding XV Indian Corps. Senior officers talking. Mountbatten inspects a guard of honour. Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief, talking with Mountbatten. At Seletar airfield an RAF Regiment guard of honour presents arms as an RAF Ensign is hauled up the flagpole. Interior shots; Japanese officers (Vice-Admiral Kogure and Commander Asano of the Imperial Japanese Navy) surrendering Seletar to a Royal Navy officer (Lieutenant-Commander R A Inskip) as RAF Group Captain Geoffrey Francis looks on.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: ABY 141
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-09-09
  • 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: Mountbatten, Louis (person) Slim, William Joseph (person) Park, Keith Rodney (person) Christison, Philip (person) South East Asia Command (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Seletar, Singapore (geography) Kallang, Singapore (geography) Surrender of Japanese Forces 1945, Singapore, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 193 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 141

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 309 (JAPANESE SURRENDER IN SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]) Documents.17155 (System.Xml.XmlElement) 11381 ()
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