BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 386
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The first British troops arrive in Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia).
  • Description: Brief close-up of a grinning man. Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)) 217 berthing. Soldiers of 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders stepping onto the quayside. Two sailors attending to a mooring line. Sailors on the bow of LCI(L) 136 hauling on a mooring rope. Troops marching along the quayside. More men coming ashore from another LCI(L). Men carrying kitbags. Kitbags piled up. Kitbags unloaded from landing craft.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 386
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-09-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Hewit, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, Duke of Albany's), 1st Battalion (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) Empire & Commonwealth (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 140 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 386

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    JFU 385 (BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title]) JFU 387 (BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN BATAVIA [Allocated Title])
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