Following the Allied reoccupation, engineers of the Japanese army and navy dismantle an anti-aircraft gun at Hong Kong.

Japanese engineers (some have anchors on their soft caps and so are presumably sailors) rigging up a pulley on a triangular frame; tilt down to watching British soldiers of No.1 Army Commando. Close-up of a Japanese soldier. The gun is lifted off its mounting with a chain and pulley. Sergeant McCudden, of No.1 Commando but wearing the cap badge of the King's Own Scottish Borderers, keeps watch armed with a Thompson submachine gun. Close-up of McCudden. Laying blocks to make a path on which to wheel away the gun. View of the gun; tilt down to men working on the path. The gun is hauled away from its mounting; pan to men hauling on ropes. Men hauling on ropes with close-ups. Close-ups of a Japanese naval officer and an army officer. View of the city with gun barrel in foreground. Japanese troops digging up the gun pit. The gun's breach and compensator are hauled away on a trolley.

Notes

The dopesheet does give a specific calibre for the artillery piece, saying 'approximately 3.7-inch'. This does not seem to fit with the apparent size of the gun. The piece is seen to have a double compensator configuration, which suggests a 12cm Type 3 anti-aircraft gun.

A fairly long film on a fairly limited subject, but a good representation of one aspect of Hong Kong's transition from occupation to peacetime life.