VICTORY PARADE BY 23RD INDIAN DIVISION AT SEREMBAN, MALAYA ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1945
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 4688).
Synopsis
Amateur film taken by an unknown British cameraman of the victory parade by 23rd Indian Division of the Indian Army, comprising 1 Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R C M King), 37 Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier N Macdonald) and 49 Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier A W S Mallaby) after Operation Zipper. Commander of 15 Corps General Christison takes the salute.
Notes
Summary: shot shortly before Division was posted to Java (West Java and Surabaya), where it suffered heavy casualties in operations against Indonesian forces fighting for independence and the end of Dutch colonial rule in the Netherlands East Indies.
Date: Kodak edge marking is USA 1940.
Titles
- AMATEUR FILM BY UNKNOWN BRITISH CAMERAMAN (Alternative)
- VICTORY PARADE BY 23RD INDIAN DIVISION AT SEREMBAN, MALAYA ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1945 (Other)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 13 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- Std 8mm
- Colour:
- Colour
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 160 ft ca
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
