Civilian procession with banners, crowd and buildings behind; two Chinese soldiers cross foreground. High shot looking down as a group of troops walk past a crowd. Group of soldiers of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) seated on the ground. Closer shot of the MPAJA men, apparently singing. Crowd with banners. Pan across a group of MPAJA. Close-up of a MPAJA…
Civilian procession with banners, crowd and buildings behind; two Chinese soldiers cross foreground. High shot looking down as a group of troops walk past a crowd. Group of soldiers of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) seated on the ground. Closer shot of the MPAJA men, apparently singing. Crowd with banners. Pan across a group of MPAJA. Close-up of a MPAJA guerilla. Long shot showing a stage. Shots of the commander of the MPAJA, named on the dopesheet as Chow Yang Bin, addressing the crowd. Civilian parade in Kuala Lumpur. A Chinese dragon passes close to the camera. Flags are paraded through the streets including the flags of the United States, the Republic of China, the USSR, and the United Kingdom, as well as a plain flag with three stars in the canton (MPAJA?). A civilian tradesman's lorry passes with people, including children, crowded aboard; they appear to be singing. Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy (General Officer Commanding Malaya Command) takes the salute at an MPAJA marchpast [this reel of film misplaced and should appear later]. A lorry flying Allied flags. A column of MPAJA troops. Vehicles with banners. Troops passing.
Notes
The MPAJA was an ethnic Chinese guerilla force which was allied to the Malayan Communist Party, and had been initially supported by the British before the fall of Singapore. Within a few years remnants of the MPAJA would reform as the Malayan National Liberation Army and would mount an armed insurgency against Commonwealth forces during the Malayan Emergency.
