[Compilation of post Second World War footage showing repatriation of allied prisoners of war in South East Asia and captured Japanese]

Accession Number F03401
Collection type Film
Measurement 45 min
Object type Actuality footage
Physical description 16mm/b&w/silent
Place made Malaya
Date made 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

Compilation of post Second World War footage showing repatriation of allied prisoners of war in South East Asia and captured Japanese, including scenes of injured and emasciated POWs, crowd scenes of men laughing and smiling; Changi gaol; doctors treating POWs; railway carriages, allied graves marked by wooden crosses, POWs clothed but still emasciated, boarding a ship.
Imperial War Museum footage obtained for the ABC production "Burma Railway".

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