Lutong oil refinery

Accession Number F01353
Collection type Film
Measurement 3 min 13 sec
Object type Actuality footage
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Driver, Roy
Place made Borneo: Brunei Bay Area, Lutong, Borneo: Brunei Bay Area, Weston (Borneo)
Date made 21 June 1945
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A few shots of the landing at Weston, North East Coast of Brunei Bay and soldiers scouting. Two shots of Indian prisoners of war. They were members of an engineering unit captured at Singapore and were brought by the Japanese to Lutong, Sarawak, to work at the oil refinery. They were released by the Australians. Most of the scenes are of the oil refinery and damage done to it by the bombing.

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