SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER VISITS TROOPS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER VISITS TROOPS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 236
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, meets troops of 2nd Division, probably at Sadaung, Burma.
  • Description: A jeep passes camera with a pagoda in the background. Mountbatten meets troops; a variety of ornate pagodas can be seen in the background.
  • 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 236
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Hammond, R G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person) British Army, 2nd Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sadaung, Burma (geography) Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) 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: 97 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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