RIGHT HON. R G CASEY AT HELIOPOLIS AIRPORT [Allocated Title]

Title: RIGHT HON. R G CASEY AT HELIOPOLIS AIRPORT [Allocated Title]
Film Number: AYY 244-3
Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Arrival at Heliopolis Airport in Cairo of R G Casey, the British Minister of State.
Description: R G Casey arrives at the airport. He meets General Van Ryneveld, Chief of General Staff, Union Defence Force and also Air Marshal Tedder and Major General F H Theron. He leaves by Lockheed Lodestar to inspect aerodromes in the Delta area. The pilot shows him a map of the route before he boards the plane. He is followed onto the plane by Flight Lieutenant Bales and Air Commander Buss.
Featured Period: 1939-1945
Production Date: 1942-07-25
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Crapper, G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner (person) Tedder, Arthur William (person) Van Ryneveld, Hesperus Andrias "Pierre" (person) Theron, Francois "Frank" Henry (person) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) South African Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Heliopolis, Egypt (geography) North Africa, Second World War (event) North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 185 ft; Running time: 2 mins
Notes:
Link to IWM Collections page:
AYY 244-3
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