Dutch West Indians To Fight Japs (1945)

Unused / unissued material - exact dates and locations unclear or unknown. Australian newsreel item. Title reads: “Dutch West Indians to Fight Japs“. Various shots crowd cheering soldiers on deck of troop ship - they are from the Dutch West Indies (Dutch Guiana?) and will join the Allied Forces fight. We see them playing guitars and waving traditional sabres. Amongst the soldiers are three from Holland - they escaped after the Germans invaded their country and fled to the West Indies. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well