Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to Pearl Hill Jail.

Japanese troops are marched past the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) building, previously used as a Japanese headquarters 'and scene of many atrocities'. Tracking shot from a moving jeep. Japanese troops marching towards camera through central Singapore; rickshaw pullers, cyclists, and military and civilian motor traffic passes. Reverse angle. (In the two preceding shots street signs reading 'St Gregory Place' and 'Coleman Street' can be seen, placing the column about a mile north of the prison and near the heart of the Singapore government district.) Closer shot of the column passing. Wider shot with rickshaw pullers and cyclists; a man who appears to be a British Army photographer walks towards camera. Rickshaw runners watch the Japanese pass. A Japanese warrant officer who fell out during the march, named on the dopesheet as Masao Shibaoka, puts his tropical helmet back on and heaves himself to his feet. Slightly elevated shot of column passing. Closer shot, of the faces of the Japanese troops as they pass. Entering the jail at Pearl Hill (also known as Outram Road). The Japanese warrant officer seen earlier straggles in behind and is escorted by a sergeant.

Notes

The dopesheet lists and names a lieutenant colonel, a major, three captains, a lieutenant, five sublieutenants and nine warrant officers as having taken part in this march. The dopesheet also notes, with evident satisfaction, the heat of the day, the Japanese troops' poor physical condition ('after months of easy living in soft administrative jobs'), the ease with which their British and Indian escorts completed the march, and the disdainful contempt shown to the Japanese by the locals. These troops were to be held pending war crimes investigations.

The Kempeitai were an Imperial Japanese Army gendarmerie with responsibilities for military policing, internal security and (often political) justice. During the war they quickly developed a reputation for brutality and were regarded by the Allies in much the same vein as the Nazis' Gestapo secret police.