Title:NO.6 AIR FORMATION SIGNALS AT MINGALADON AIRFIELD RANGOON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 270
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Men of No. 6 Air Formation Signals RAF seen at work laying and repairing telephone lines at Mingaladon airfield in Rangoon, Burma.
Description: An RAF signaller at work up a telegraph pole on Mingaladon airfield. A Douglas Dakota transport aircraft can be seen in the background. Close-up of the man. A jeep and trailer fitted with a cable drum is driven along and the cable spools out; a man runs along behind. Second view. A cable is laid by hand from a barrow. Close-up of a sergeant's Air Formation Signals patch (a diamond, one half black the other white, with an upright silhouette of a twin-engined aircraft and a star above). The sergeant operating a field telephone on the roof of a hangar at Mingaladon. Views of the airfield with aircraft of various types (Spitfires, Dakotas, Mitchells etc) visible. An RAF Bristol Beaufighter taxiing.
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)
Sanders, P A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, 6 Air Formation Signals (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Mingaladon airfield (geography)
Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
