Colombo, Ceylon & Arrival of Singapore & Sumatra Evacuees

Colombo, Ceylon & Arrival of Singapore & Sumatra Evacuees March, 1942 POV from launch of large ships anchored in Colombo Harbor. View from above of harbor filled w/ ships seen over rooftops; tugs moving about. 17:18:15 Street scene w/ old Dutch Clock Tower in background & policeman directing traffic. 17:18:31 British sailors arriving on liberty boats at jetty, ships behind; sailors & officers ashore. Walk past camera. Port activity w/ barge & army trucks, British cruiser w/ camouflage entering harbor. 17:20:12 Evacuees helped from barge & walk past camera, women & children, wounded from Singapore & Sumatra. Harbor police & St. Johns Ambulance volunteer women receive them. Stretchers w/ wounded men carried past camera, loaded into truck. Given cigarette. Other walking wounded w/ packs & rifles up stairs & on jetty talking. Group of Chinese guerrillas w/ rifles & bags, one Chinese woman. 17:23:12 English troops marching past, traffic alongside. 17:23:30 Government building. Street scenes w/ electric trolleys, rickshaws & cars. 17:24:12 Construction on Electrical Department for protection (?). Bricks tossed to workers on bamboo scaffolding. Men laying bricks. WWII Asia - Preparations; Evacuation; English Colonialism; British Empire;