Other titles:BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes in and around Diyatalawa in Ceylon, and Operation Tiderace, the reoccupation of Singapore.
Description: I. A walk around Diyatalawa camp extension in Ceylon. Scenes include Craighton Village, waterfalls at Nuwara Eliya, Adams Peak and tea plantations. This material is duplicated with some additional scenes under ADM 1232.
II. Operation Tiderace, the reoccupation of Singapore from the sea. LS over the stern of cameraship (destroyer ?) to motor launches in line astern. MS starboard profile as motor minesweeper passes the cameraship - second motor minesweeper, motor launches, and a prominent island lighthouse in the background. LS of LSI lying offshore. MS off the port bow and MCU of bridge and upper works of Fairmile B ML 187. LS pan over line of Fairmiles escorting LCMs inshore. LCMs 4011 and 4038 pass left to right with ML escort. LS of MLs and LCMs with River Class frigate (?) in the background. LS of LCI(L) with ML escort directly astern of cameraship. Cut to MS from quayside as ship's boat crowded with naval ratings lays alongside - a Fairmile has followed the boat in, and a LCI(L) is alongside at another part of the basin. Cut to street lined with townspeople, shot from a moving vehicle. MS of soldiers of 5th Indian Division at a street intersection, consulting a map - Japanese troops and RN officer are present. Locals smile and wave to cameraman in Tanjong Pagar Road. Locals carrying improvised lathis clear crowd to let traffic through. CUs of waving townspeople, taken from a moving vehicle.
Alternative Title:BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, ML 187 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCM 4011 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCM 4038 (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - light forces: ML 187 (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LCM[1] 4011 (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LCM[1] 4038 (object name)
ships, British naval - light forces: Fairmile B ML (object name)
operations, British naval - amphibious (object name)
recreation, British military - casual (object name)
recreation, British military - leave (object name)
agriculture, Ceylonese - tropical: tea (object name)
Second World War & Singapore, Reoccupation of & 9/1945 (event)
Malaya & Singapore (geography)
Singapore (geography)
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) & Diyatalawa (geography)
JIN 94 (CONVOY TO SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JIN 95 (2ND BATTALION 1ST PUNJAB REGIMENT LEAD THE WAY TO SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JFU 310 (LANDING AT SINGAPORE BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title])
JIN 97 (REOCCUPATION OF SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JIN 96 (OCCUPATION OF SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JIN 98 (REOCCUPATION OF SINGAPORE [Allocated Title])
JIN 99 (REOCCUPATION OF SINGAPORE - TROOPS COME ASHORE, JAPANESE DISARMED AND PRISONERS FREED [Allocated Title])
