JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 303
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.
  • Description: Air Vice Marshal Bouchier (commander RAF 221 Group) and Lieutenant-General Sir Montague Stopford (commander 12th Army) awaiting the arrival of Japanese emissaries at Mingaladon. Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft pass overhead escorted by Spitfires of RAF 273 Squadron. Emissaries walking to their vehicles. Emissaries entering Government House. News correspondents at work on typewriters. A number of waiting vehicles. A column of vehicles leaving the airfield. Japanese airmen waiting outside a tent.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: JFU 303
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-08-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Watson, W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: 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: 133 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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    JFU 303

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