Singapore Refugees Arrive - 1942 (1942)

Location Unknown / Unclear. British refugees, mostly women and children, who had to leave Malaya after Japanese attack, arriving to British port. Children holding their rescued toys, luggage is unloaded, people leaving ship. Various shots of more refugees arriving on another ship from Singapore. Some military personnel seen with them. Good shots of women and children arriving home. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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