Shot on 28 March 1946: General Leclerc, commander of French forces in Indo-China, steps out of a staff car and is introduced to Lieutenant-Colonel Roe, the commander of the Punjabi battalion, by Brigadier Maunsell, the commander of the British mission in Saigon. There are civilian spectators and traffic in the background. Roe presents a letter of thanks to Leclerc who reads it. March past; a French military band passes. March past of Punjabi troops.

Shot on 29 March 1946: Troops on the quayside with their baggage. Shot of the side of the ship; the name 'Islami' can be seen above a lifeboat. Men carry their kit towards the SS Islami. Troops up a gangway staircase with their kit. Alternative angle. The Islami leaving her berth.

2nd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment (20th Indian Division reconnaissance battalion) stage a march past before leaving Saigon, capital of French Indo-China (Vietnam), and General Leclerc takes the salute.

Notes

20th Indian Division had been responsible for French Indo-China since the Japanese surrender in August 1945. Embroiled in sporadic violence between Vietnamese nationalist forces and the French population, by the time this film was shot they were being withdrawn and responsibility transferred to the French.

The SS Islami was a 1,200-capacity passenger liner operated by the Mogul Line.