Title:GENERAL SULTAN PRESENTING BRONZE STAR [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 15
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) presents the Bronze Star to four British soldiers at 36th Division HQ, Burma.
Description: In front of a large Buddhist pagoda a British officer sets a case on a table; a Gurkha guard of honour present arms to General Sultan. Sultan inspects the guard. Sultan awards Bronze Stars to Captain Ian Leckie (Royal Artillery); he shakes his hand. Captain Walter Todds (Royal Corps of Signals) is decorated (a cameraman can be seen shooting in the background). Regimental Sergeant-Major Brockless (9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment) is decorated. Rifleman Bandebir Thapa (1st Gurkha Rifles) is presented with his medal (close shot). A badly marked section of footage shows the four recipients, a close-up of the medal, and Captain Todds in discussion with an American major.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Higgins, K G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Sultan, Daniel Isom (person)
Leckie, Ian Bruce (person)
Todds, Walter Henry (person)
Brockless, Herbert Norman (person)
Thapa, Bandebir (person)
British Army, 36th Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Sussex Regiment, 9th Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 8th Gurkha Rifles (regiment/service)
Keywords: Operations in Northern Burma 1943-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
