Singapore: British and Commonwealth forces preparing for the battle to defend Singapore fr...(1942)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit British and Commonwealth forces preparing for the battle to defend Singapore from the Japanese. Full Description: MALAYA: EXT Sun setting over the jungle / mist over the jungle / convoy of British Army lorries along road / vehicles along and being pushed along flooded road / locals pushing bicycles through floodwater / view of the sky / Japanese bomber aircraft overhead / explosion seen in distance as column of smoke rises / dead Japanese airman still attached to parachute / British soldiers examining aircraft wreckage / British military lorries crossing bridge / Indian sappers placing explosives on to bridge (mining bridge) / smoke in distance from oil dump blown up by British soldiers / oil dump burning / buildings destroyed by bombing as smoke rises beyond / train carrying refugees into station / women and chi