ARRIVAL OF NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST BY AIR [Allocated Title]



  • Title: ARRIVAL OF NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, MIDDLE EAST BY AIR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 360/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson arrives at Heliopolis Aerodrome, Cairo from Baghdad in a Lockheed Hudson to take up his new duties.
  • Description: The plane taxies up. The General steps out of the plane and is greeted by General J Steele, Deputy Chief of the General Staff; Lieutenant-General W G Lindsell, Administration; Brigadier C F Forestier-Walker, Liaison Officer, Paiforce; Colonel C Cornwall-Jones, Military Assistant and Mr G B Baker, Secretary to the Minister of State. The General enters his car and drives away.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-02-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Windows, J C (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Wilson, Henry Maitland 'Jumbo' (person) Lindsell, Wilfred Gordon (person) Forestier-Walker, Claude Frederick (person)
  • Keywords: Cairo, Egypt (geography) Western Desert 1940-1943, 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: 100 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes:
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 360/2

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