LIBERATED PRISONERS OF WAR AT CHANGI JAIL, SINGAPORE (5/9/1945)
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 136).
Synopsis
Views of a troopship convoy to Singapore, crowds lining the streets, and Allied prisoners liberated from Changi prison camp.
Views of ships in convoy. Very fast tracking view of a crowd lining a road in Singapore taken from a moving vehicle. At the notorious Changi prison camp liberated Allied prisoners of war cheer. Emaciated men walking, unsteadily, with canes. An old man, apparently a local, similarly emaciated with his ribs visible even above the sternum. Cheering men; camera tilts up to show that the crowd stretches into the distance.
Notes
Photographic coverage of this event can be found at the references below.
Titles
- LIBERATED PRISONERS OF WAR AT CHANGI JAIL, SINGAPORE (5/9/1945) (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 2 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 147 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
- Production company
- Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
- Sergeant; cameraman.
- Clot, Dennis Francis Emile