KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE IN MEDAN, SUMATRA [Allocated Title]

In Medan, Sumatra in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), a parade is mounted by British and Indian forces to mark the King's birthday.

Troops on parade at the salute; camera pans around the parade ground. Indian troops present arms. Brigadier J A Mellsop, commander 4th Indian Infantry Brigade, arrives. Major-General R C O Hedley, commander 26th Indian Division, inspects the parade. Indian pipe band, with another band playing in the background. Troops on parade with band playing. Presenting arms. Very distant shot of the Royal standard flying. Distant view of a field gun salute followed by a dizzingly fast pan of the parade, apparently as the troops fire a fusillade of blanks in salute. Spectators at the roadside for a march past; a three-aircraft vic of Spifires from RAF 155 Squadron make a fly-by. Armoured cars of 146th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (Duke of Wellington's) pass. Towed 25-pounder field guns of 7th Indian Field Regiment pass. Shaky shot of a Spitfire in the distance. Hedley on saluting base. Marching feet of men of the 7th Indian Field Regiment. 1st Indian Anti-Tank Regiment march past; camera pans to follow the commanding officer. Band of the 26th Indian Division engineers. Royal Air Force Regiment. Indian pipe band passes. Hedley at the salute. Child spectators. Indian wind band passing.

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