Title:BENGAL'S GOVERNOR IN MANDALAY [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 76
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe progress in the battle to capture Fort Dufferin from the Japanese Army.
Description: Lieutenant-General Slim and the Governor-General stand talking by the side of the plane, a Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator, in which they arrived in. The two pilots from the plane rest a map on the wing and plot their route. Aerial shots of Mandalay; a building appears to be on fire and a large plume of smoke rises from it. Lieutenant-General Slim, the Governor-General and another officer disemplane (Major-General Rees?); a pilot holds the door open for them and salutes them as they get out. The two men watch Indian soldiers of 19th Indian Division unloading ammunition and chat to their officer in command. The BBC are present at the airstrip with a BBC Mobile Recording van. Richard Sharp, a BBC correspondent, interviews Lieutenant-General Slim and the Governor-General; a Douglas Dakota sits on the airfield behind the Governor. A pennant - a hand gripping a dagger - of 19th Indian Division flutters on the bonnet of a jeep. The dignitaries and their entourage walk through Mandalay and up the covered stairways on Mandalay Hill. From a high point on the hill Slim uses binoculars to watch the battle for Fort Dufferin. A Gurkha stands guard. The party walks back down the steps.
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)
Govan, Harold WilliamBritish Army sergeant-cameraman with South East Asia Command Film Unit (British) and No.9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, formerly Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), service number 7662913, BEM in London Gazette 37576 published 21 May 1946, pg 2. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Casey, Richard Gavin Gardiner (person)
Slim, William Joseph (person)
Rees, Thomas Wynford 'Pete' (person)
Sharp, Richard (person)
Indian Army, 19th Indian Division (regiment/service)
British Army, 14th Army (regiment/service)
British Broadcasting Corporation (regiment/service)
Keywords: Mandalay, Burma (geography)
Mandalay 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JIN 22 (AIR ATTACKS ON FORT DUFFERIN AND VISIT BY GOVERNOR OF BENGAL TO MANDALAY [Allocated Title])
JFU 38 (MANDALAY - ENTRY BY TANKS AND TROOPS OF 19TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title])
JFU 39 (MANDALAY - SHELLING, SNIPERS AND AIRSTRIKES SEEN FROM MANDALAY HILL [Allocated Title])
JFU 40 (MANDALAY - GURKHAS CLEAR ENEMY FROM MONASTERY TUNNELS [Allocated Title])
JFU 41 (MANDALAY - HURRICANE AIRSTRIKES AND 6TH GURKHAS ON THE MARCH [Allocated Title])
JFU 42 (OPERATIONS FOR CAPTURE OF MANDALAY - TANKS AND TROOPS ADVANCE [Allocated Title])
JFU 54 (JAPANESE OCCUPIED MANDALAY FROM THE AIR [Allocated Title])
JFU 55 (MANDALAY - SHELLING OF MANDALAY HILL [Allocated Title])
JFU 56 (MANDALAY - SHELLING OF FORT DUFFERIN [Allocated Title])
JFU 57 (MANDALAY - SHELLING OF MANDALAY HILL AND FORT DUFFERIN [Allocated Title])
JFU 61 (MANDALAY - 15TH PUNJAB REGIMENT ADVANCES [Allocated Title])
JFU 72 (MANDALAY - AIR RESUPPLY AND SHELLING [Allocated Title])
JFU 73 (MANDALAY - MORTAR FIRE, ANGLO-INDIAN CIVILIANS, AIR SUPPLY AND STRAFING [Allocated Title])
JFU 74 (MANDALAY - ARTILLERY FIRE, AIRSTRIKES AND ANGLO-INDIAN EVACUEES [Allocated Title])
JFU 75 (MANDALAY - MORTAR FIRE AND AIRSTRIKES [Allocated Title])
JFU 79 (MANDALAY - FLAGRAISING AT FORT DUFFERIN BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SLIM [Allocated Title])
JFU 84 (MANDALAY - SHELLING FORT DUFFERIN AT POINT BLANK RANGE [Allocated Title])
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