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The Fall of Singapore to the Japanese in World War II

Fall of Singapore in World War II. View from military vehicle as Japanese troops enter Singapore. The Supreme Court Building. Surrendering defenders walking in opposite direction from entering Japanese. The statue of Sir Stamford Raffles in front of the Victoria Theater and Concert Hall. View of the Clock Tower atop the Victoria Theater. The Cathay building, Singapore's tallest, with Japanese flag flying atop, . Japanese troops celebrating their victory. Brief overview of Singapore and bay.

Date: 1942, February
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675047515
Lieutenant General Mutaguchi visits island near Singapore and pays respects to soldiers who fell in battle (WW2)

Remembering the battlegrounds of Singapore (Syonan Island) in World War II. Fields, mountains and collapsed structures after the Fall of Singapore. A man pays respect by putting flowers on grave. Soldiers salute. Lieutenant General Renya Mutaguchi visits island near Singapore and pays respects to soldiers who fell in battle there.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675024830
Seishiro Itagaki surrenders Japanese forces in Southeast Asia to British General Louis Mountbatten in Singapore

Japanese troops surrender to British forces in Singapore at the end of World War II. A view of the England naval base in Singapore. The Japanese troops at the base. A Japanese guard with a bayonet. Japanese troops putting barricade away. A view of the city. The British troops disembark a ship. The troops with guns on their shoulders walk on the port. Singaporean civilians greet British troops on trucks. Starved British prisoners cheering from behind a fence. A prisoner smokes. The prisoners light each other’s cigarettes. The Singapore prisoners at the Japanese prison camp. Several views of the prisoners showing emaciation under Japanese captivity. Emaciated British prisoners of war only wearing white fundoshi or Japanese undergarments. British General Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives for a meeting. Japanese delegation lead by General Seishiro Itagaki enters a hall for the meeting. The Japanese delegates and British officials in a hall for the meeting. Mountbatten investigates the surrender document. Itakaki signs the surrender document. People seated during the meeting. The British troops stand in formation in the background. The British flag is raised. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, September 27
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069765
Japanese troops surrender in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Nanking China at end of World War 2

Victory over Japan at end of World War 2. Japanese troops surrender Singapore and Hong Kong to British troops in Pacific Theater. Aerial view of city in Singapore. Allied ships in nearby harbor. Allied soldiers of Britain landing and marching on streets in Singapore. Next scene shows ships of British fleet seen in waters at Hong Kong. Low-flying aerial views of port areas and buildings of Hong Kong. British Navy combat teams move from building to building in small groups, flushing snipers from alleys, streets, and buildings. A British soldier rests a machine gun on an elevated porch and fires at an enemy sniper position. Several Japanese soldiers surrender to British forces. Next scene is in Nanking, China. View of officials gathering in Nanking for Japanese surrender ceremony at the Central Military Academy, which had been the enemy Japanese headquarters during the war.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058334
Bertha Hertogh receives a warm welcome in Holland as she returns from Singapore.

Maria Bertha Hertogh (also known as Nadra binte Ma'arof) arrives at Schiphol Airport, Netherlands after she was kidnapped at 5 and later married to a Muslim in Singapore. 13-year-old Bertha Hertogh returns from Singapore to Amsterdam, Netherlands. She along with her mother Adeline Hunter got off a plane. Bertha being greeted by her father Adrianus Petrus Hertogh. A large crowd gather to welcome her after a great turmoil in Singapore. A sign at a doorway reads 'Welkom’. People wave to Bertha.

Date: 1950, December 18
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058717
Warships in Singapore harbor and at sea in Singapore (WW2)

Flashback Scenes of Repulse at Sea. The British flag on warship. The British Navy in HMS Repulse. Signboard "Prince of Wales". A British sailor wearing hat embroidered ‘HMS Repulse”. Warships in Singapore harbor and at sea during World War II.

Date: 1942
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675024827