Battle of Palembang, Indonesia, in World War 2. Japanese Kawasaki Ki-56 transport aircraft flying overhead in formation, begin dropping paratroopers. The sky is filled with their chutes. Next scene shows many struggling to make their way through knee-deep swampy jungles, where they landed. Most of their arms and ammunition were lost in the swamps. They finally emerge to attack lightly defended facilities of the Dutch Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij (BPM) and Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Maatschappij (NKPM),a refinery for the American Standard Oil Company. Japanese soldiers are seen after a day's battle with the defending contingent of Royal Netherlands East Indies Army home guard. A rear guard group of them and Dutch technicians, are made prisoners. Shell fired by departing Dutch forces strike oil storage tanks. Smoke rises in several places and one very heavy black smoke plume rises near the camera. Soon the area is a blazing inferno. The Japanese troops succeed in confining fires to the oil tanks, extinguish them, and save the cracking towers and other essential oil refinery structures. The Japanese flag is seen atop one. (Note: Two technicians seen in white, at TC: 02:05, are BPM workers. The one on the left is Christiaan Stapels. He died at a Japanese prisoner of war camp in June 1945.)
Riots against Chinese people in Chinese Quarters of Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesians throw stones on shops. Crowd demonstrates on road. Crowd broke the windows of a van. People throw stones. A car turned over on road. Crowd beat Chinese men. Chinese lay wounded down. Military troop carriers on road, soldiers on tank.
Wooden Perahu Mayang cargo boats of various indigenous designs operating under sail close to wharf in Sunda Kelapa harbor, Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesian men on small boats. Masts on Perahu Mayang boat. Crane unloads goods from ship at dock. Passengers undergoing customs inspections at the port. Indonesian Customs officers inspect baggage.
Activities at Tanjung Priok Harbor, Jakarta, Indonesia. Men at dock. Small boats tied up at dock. Stationary ship in the background. The Netherlands Line Cargo-Passenger Ship "Rotti" arrives and is tied up by Indonesian men handling lines. Passengers disembark from the ship. Native porters carrying luggage from ship. A European woman and man disembark with luggage. Indonesian policemen watch travelers disembark. Another ship arrives into the harbor. A ship named "Kalimantan" arrives and ties up at the dock.
'Wonders of the World' a travel series shows Java in Indonesia. Women work sitting on a river raft. A young boy bathes a buffalo in a small water stream. Bullock carts move on a road. Group of women plant rice in paddy fields.
'Wonders of the World', a travel series shows Bali, Indonesia. Men, women and children carrying statues on their heads, walk on street. Group of men pound grain in a container. A woman holds a child in her arms. Group of women carry head load of hay. Women barter in market. They bathe with their children in water stream. People watch a cock fight.