Troops and supplies are unloaded on Batavia’s docks in response to rising lawlessness (1945)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit With the withdrawal of Japanese control and the breakdown in civil order, British military units assume a peacekeeping role, supplying food and medical care for the civilian population, ferrying rice by Short Sunderland flying boat to Kuantan in Malaysia where LtCol Freddie Chapman of the Seaforth Highlanders is stationed Full Description: SOUTHEAST ASIA: Various (Java, Malaysia): EXT CHAPMAN. . (Br) In Command at Kuantan, Java JAVA. Br. troops landing at Batavia docks. Ship being unloaded of Medical Supplies & . Sukarno & Flying boats landing at Kuantan,unloading rice, . Chapman in Command there. MILITARY BRITISH. Br. Troops landing at Batavia docks. Djakarta; Indonesia; Military - Active Frederick Spencer Chapman, Lieutenant-Colonel, Seaforth Highlanders, Java, J