Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior civil and military figures.
Description: An RAF Beechcraft Expediter light transport aircraft arrives at Meiktila and Lieutenant-General Slim steps down from it. He chats with the Aide-de-Camp (ADC) of 17th Indian Division. Slim departs by jeep. Slim talks with an officer at work salvaging some Japanese equipment; Slim is seen holding a Japanese 'knee mortar'. Slim and Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy (commander IV Corps) board a boat to cross Lake Meiktila. Slim addressing troops. Slim talking with two Burmese government officials, named on the dopesheet as U Than Tin OBE (Finance Minister) and U Aung Gyaw (District Commissioner for Meiktila until the Japanese occupation) on the shore of the lake.
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)
Higgins, K G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Slim, William Joseph (person)
Mansergh, Eric Carden Robert (person)
Messervy, Frank Walter (person)
Cowan, David Tennant (person)
Indian Army, 17th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Meiktila, Burma (geography)
Battle of Meiktila 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
