Title:VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY TO 36TH DIVISION ROMAN CATHOLICS [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 17
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Visit of the Reverend Thomas Roberts, Society of Jesus, Archbishop of Bombay and Vicar Delegate to His Majesty's Forces in India and South East Asia, to 36th Division headquarters at Bahe, Burma.
Description: Reverend Thomas steps down from a Douglas C-47 transport aircraft (Dakota). Close-up Thomas (and Father Clancy, a lieutenant-colonel). Thomas and others in conversation. Thomas and Clancy. Clancy chatting to American air force officers; there are various British, Indian and American personnel present. Thomas gets into a jeep and is driven away. Close-up nose of the aircraft, which shows the plane is ‘Magic Carpet’, the personal aircraft of General Daniel Sultan; the pilot smiles for the camera.
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)
Miller, E E (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Roberts, Thomas d'Esterre (person)
Clancy (Father) (person)
Riddel, J C (person)
British Army, 36th Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Bahe, Burma (geography)
Operations in Northern Burma 1943-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
