ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON - SENIOR OFFICERS' CLOSE-UPS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON - SENIOR OFFICERS' CLOSE-UPS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 262
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Close-ups of senior Allied officers, shot for editing purposes, during an Allied victory parade in Rangoon, Burma.
  • Description: Series of medium close-ups of various senior officers, including Major-General Howard Davidson (US Army Air Force, commander US Tenth Air Force China-Burma-India theatre), Major-General Sir Charles Lane (Supreme Allied Commander's (SAC) representative in India and commander, Rear Headquarters South East Asia Command (SEAC)), General Daniel Sultan (US Army, commander Northern Combat Area Command), Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park (Allied Air Commander-in-Chief SEAC), Air Vice Marshal A T Cole (Royal Australian Air Force liaison officer to SAC and representing Australia), Admiral Arthur J Power RN (commander, Eastern Fleet), Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler (US Army, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander). Group of senior officers posing for a photograph outside Government House in Rangoon. More close-ups including Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese and Lord Louis Mountbatten, seen saluting.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 262
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-06-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) MacTavish, DuncanDuncan MacTavish, service number 378125, sergeant cameraman with No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant 6 September 1945 (see Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 April 1947). (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Lane, Charles Reginald Cambridge (person) Sultan, Daniel Isom (person) Park, Keith Rodney (person) Power, Arthur John (person) Wheeler, Raymond Albert (person) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person) Leese, Oliver William Hargreaves (person) South East Asia Command (regiment/service) United States Army (regiment/service) United States Army Air Forces (regiment/service) Northern Combat Area Command (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Navy, Eastern Fleet (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography) Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Victory Parade, Rangoon 1945, Peace Celebrations, Celebrations (event) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 172 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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