SIR OLIVER LEESE VISITS 11TH EAST AFRICAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SIR OLIVER LEESE VISITS 11TH EAST AFRICAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 260
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits 11th East African Division.
  • Description: At an airfield Leese is met by Major-General Briggs (101 Area Commander) and Major-General Dimoline (commander 11th East African Division). His aircraft is an RAF Douglas Dakota transport, serial KK205, marked with the crest of ALFSEA on the rear fuselage. Leese takes the salute at a march past of 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles. Leese speaking with British officers and NCOs. Leese inspecting men of 1st Battalion, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Close-ups of African soldiers. A guard of honour presents arms; pan right to a band of 6th Battalion, King's African Rifles. The bandmaster is named on the dopesheet as F R Hartley of Ipswich and adds that the band had toured Abyssinia (Ethiopia), Somaliland (Somalia), the Middle East and Madagascar.
  • 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 260
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-05-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Heaney (Sergeant)British Army cameraman (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Leese, Oliver William Hargreaves (person) Dimoline, William Alfred (person) British Army, 11th East African Division (regiment/service) British Army, 14th Army (regiment/service) Allied Land Forces South East Asia (regiment/service) British Army, King's African Rifles, 4th Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, King's African Rifles, 6th Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (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: 284 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 260

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    AYY 1182 (NAVAL ACTIVITIES AT MOMBASA, KENYA [Allocated Title]) AYY 1173 (1. EAST AFRICAN TROOPS RETURN FROM BURMA. 2 ARMY EXERCISES. 2. NAIROBI RACES [Allocated Title]) AYY 1180 (ARMY MANOEUVRES IN KENYA AND MADAGASCAR [Allocated Title])
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