(24 Sep 1945) Indian and British troops return to Singapore which has been freed after three years of Japanese occupation. In this film we see some of the 200,000 prisoners who were liberated by SEAC, many were in a pitiful state of malnourishment and abuse. At the Municipal Building Lord Louis Mountbatten accepted the surrender of the Japanese forces. The ceremony was followed by a Parade at which the Union Jack was unfurled to fly again over Singapore.
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