Title:MRS SMUTS AT NO 5 SOUTH AFRICAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, HELMIEH, EGYPT [Allocated Title]
Film Number:AYY 217/3
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Mrs Smuts, wife of Field Marshal Jan Smuts, visits the hospital at Helmieh near Cairo. Lieutenant-Colonel Lansden and Mrs Smuts meet South African nurses. Mrs Smuts looks at a flag on her car which has been presented by admirers. (On her return to South Africa it will be autographed and put up for auction for the Soldiers Comfort Fund.) She speaks to one of the patients. The nurses and patients cheer as she and Lieutenant-Colonel Lansden return to their car.
Field Marshal Smuts and Sir Miles Lampson leave the British Embassy to visit King Farouk at Abdine Palace. Mrs Smuts attends a tea party given by Lady Lampson at the British Embassy. She meets the Womens Auxiliary Army Service (WAAS) and members of the South African Army. Mrs Smuts signs autographs. During tea they are joined by Sir Miles Lampson and the Field Marshal.
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Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
