With the surrender of Japan and the Allied reoccupation of Singapore, Japanese civilians and troops are interned and put to work.

Japanese civil internees amongst a heap of boxes and crates. Close-ups of two Japanese internees. Internees picking through litter. More close-ups. Raking over a pile of rubbish. A lorry laden with rubbish drives away. More of internees picking through rubbish. A sign reads 'Japanese civilian camp - General office'. Close-ups of two Japanese, the latter wearing a pith helmet with 'SK' at the front. A laughing Japanese internee. A grinning Japanese man at the wheel of a lorry. Two men; one carries a bucket (apparently full of coffee) and the other a couple of earthenware mugs. Japanese men drinking the coffee. Japanese eating and smoking. Close-ups of internees. Internees standing amongst rubbish. Japanese man smoking. Picking through litter; a man drags away a carpet. Close-ups of internees. Man mopping his brow. Medium close-up of an older man. More turning of rubbish. A Japanese internee wearing a pith helmet and a cloth over his mouth. Wide shot of the rubbish tip. Internees apparently salvaging pieces of clothing from the rubbish. Another wide shot. Interned Japanese troops carry a large crate on their shoulders. It is loaded onto a cart and the cart is hauled away. Close-ups of the soldiers. Japanese prisoners carrying sheets of metal on poles. They walk down a road and away from camera. More footage of Japanese troops carrying their various loads with close-ups.

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Additional coverage of this by Sergeant Hammond. For this and other film showing Japanese troops and internees being put to work, see related items.