ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY IN SINGAPORE

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JFU 434).

Synopsis

In Singapore an Armistice Day parade is held for the first time since the end of the Japanese occupation.

Senior officers and other dignitaries arriving and taking their positions. The parade. Buglers of 5th Parachute Brigade sounding the Last Post. Brigadier J A E Ralston, commander No.2 Area Singapore lays a wreath. Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer Brigadier A T Newboult lays a wreath and salutes.

Notes

The Cenotaph in Singapore was built in memory of the 124 Singaporean soldiers who died during the First World War. It was unveiled in March 1922 by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) during a royal tour of Asia on which he was accompanied by a 21-year old Louis Mountbatten. In 1945 Mountbatten, as Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, would accept the Japanese surrender at the nearby Municipal Hall.

Besides Ralston and Newboult, dopesheet names some of the individuals as Admiral Morse, Flag Officer Malaya, and Air Commodore J M Cohu, commander RAF bases Singapore.

For additional coverage of this parade, see related items.

 

Titles

  • ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY IN SINGAPORE (Allocated)
Series Title:
BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1945
Running Time:
2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
93 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
War Office Directorate of Public Relations
Captain; cameraman.
Walter, Ernest Henry
Production company
SEAC Film Unit
 

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