Title:JAPANESE EMISSARIES SIGN PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 290
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Japanese envoys sign a preliminary treaty at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.
Description: Interior footage with live sound in the hall at Government House. Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning, Chief of Staff to Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, addresses the Japanese envoys and explains the nature of this preliminary arrangement. The agreement is placed before Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata, Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Count Terauchi, Supreme Commander Japanese Expeditionary Forces Southern Region. Terauchi's Deputy Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo, watches as Numata signs the various copies of the agreement and stamps his personal seal on them. A third Japanese officer looks straight ahead. The papers are transferred to Browning's desk for his signature. Panning shots along the table showing the various Allied delegates representing Britain, Australia, the USA, China, France, and the Netherlands. General Browning addressing the assembled members of the press; though still recorded with live sound his words are not clear.
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)
Girling, F P (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Browning, Frederick Arthur Montague (person)
Numata, Takazo (person)
Chudo, Kaigye (person)
Keywords: Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
Surrender of Japanese Forces 1945, Burma, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)