Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Allied prisoners of war (POWs), including a number of Royal Navy sailors, are seen at No.1 POW Camp at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia).
Description: Interior of a hut; a number of men sit on camp beds. A group of sailors posing outside a building, from HMS Electra, HMS Jupiter, and HMS Encounter (destroyers) and HMS Exeter (heavy cruiser). Close-up of Able Seaman Day from Stroud, of HMS Exeter. Views of the camp. Two men; one of them appears to be reading a magazine or similar. Two men cooking in the open over a small fire. Brief glimpse of a photographer with camera and another man, possibly of the RAF Police (Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal armband). A Japanese guard standing sentry at the camp gates with rifle and bayonet. Full-frame close-up of the sentry's face. A sign in Dutch reads 'van Kamp No.1 Xe Bataljon'. Japanese signs. Men walking around camp. Close-ups of two prisoners of war; they both appear to be blind and the shorter of the two has had both hands amputated at the wrists.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Davis, Desmond (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, ELECTRA (HMS) (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, ENCOUNTER (HMS), destroyer (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, JUPITER (HMS) (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, EXETER (HMS), destroyer (regiment/service)
Keywords: Batavia, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography)
Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees 1945, Allied Prisoners of War Far East 1939-1945, Internment (event)
Royal Navy 1939-1945 (theme)
Prisoners of War, Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
