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Fire engine extinguishing a burning car, fighter planes overhead, children emerging from an underground shelter, women labouring on the road; "More Reinforcements For Singapore": ship carrying soldiers, soldiers training in the fields, fighter plane taking off.

Facade of H.M. Prison where World War II prisoners-of-war were incarcerated, visitors touring the prison grounds and praying in the chapel, plaque showing that the chapel is dedicated to the prisoners-of-war; aerial shot of the Causeway linking Singapore and Johore, train crossing the Causeway, fishing and trading at the Singapore River, on-going construction works, Raffles Hotel, busy streets, cricket match at the Padang, busy port and streets in Chinatown; march-past by soldiers outside colonial buildings; bombing of Singapore by a Japanese fighter plane, British returning to their country on board a vessel; prisoners-of-war recuperating in a hospital, Japanese soldiers doing hard labour; and bustling streets in Chinatown.