KEMAJORAN AIRFIELD: SEARCHLIGHTS AT NIGHT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: KEMAJORAN AIRFIELD: SEARCHLIGHTS AT NIGHT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 192
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Men of 2962 Squadron, RAF Regiment, man searchlights and machine guns to deter looters at RAF Kemajoran near Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia).
  • Description: Rather indistinct footage showing searchlight beams moving with occasional bursts of tracer fire.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ABY 192
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Clot, Dennis Francis Emile1919-07-04 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, 2962 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography) Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 157 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 192

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    Documents.17155 (System.Xml.XmlElement) 11381 ()
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