Title:JAPANESE SURRENDER AT SINGAPORE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 143
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:At Municipal Hall, Singapore, Japanese officers led by General Itagaki formally surrender all forces in south east Asia to Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command.
Description:Lord Mountbatten arrives by staff car at Municipal Hall. A large number of troops are on parade with flags flying and bands playing. Mountbatten inspects troops. Flypast of Allied aircraft, including RAF De Havilland Mosquitos and Short Sunderland flying boats. Mountbatten inspects men of the RAF Regiment before entering Municipal Hall with other senior officers. The Japanese delegation is escorted into the building. Interior shots; Mountbatten and his senior subordinates sit at a long table. He is flanked by Lieutenant-General Browning (his Chief of Staff) on his right and Lieutenant-General Slim, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA). The Japanese delegation takes seats opposite them, led by General Seishiro Itagaki, commander of Seventh Area Army. Mountbatten reads the terms of surrender. Other officers, officials and civilian correspondents watching proceedings. Itagaki signs the instrument of surrender before stamping the document with his seal. Outside Municipal Hall Mountbatten addresses the parade. Various views of the above taken by other cameramen.
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 143
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1945-09-12-1945-09-12
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
Clot, Dennis Francis Emile (Production individual)
Tookey, C E W (Production individual)
Hughes, H R (Production individual)
