With the Allied reoccupation Japanese troops are used to remove stores of Japanese 'banana' money from banks in Singapore.

A sign on a building which reads 'The Mercantile Bank of India Ltd/(Incorporated in England)'. Japanese troops loading crates of bank notes onto a lorry. Close-up of a crate full of wads of 'banana money'. Stacked crates guarded by Indian troops with fixed bayonets. Close-up of a Japanese soldier with a crate on his shoulder. More footage of Japanese troops loading the lorry. Japanese mess tins standing on the bank steps. Japanese troops coming out of the bank carrying crates. Tilt down the facade of the bank building.

Notes

While the replacement of Japanese currency was an important and necessary step in returning Singapore to normality, in the short term it caused chaos. Japanese currency became worthless and inflation rocketed, with rice reaching up to forty times its prewar value.