Title:MEETING ABOARD HMS CUMBERLAND BETWEEN SIR REGINALD DORMAN-SMITH AND DISTINGUISHED BURMESE FIGURES [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 272
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, entertains a range of Burmese dignitaries aboard the Royal Navy's County Class cruiser HMS Cumberland, moored in the Rangoon river, Burma.
Description: Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning, Chief of Staff to Lord Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander) comes aboard. Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford (commander 12th Army) comes aboard. A small armed vessel of uncertain type comes alongside with a number of Burmese civilian dignitaries aboard. A number of them are sheltering under umbrellas. They climb the gangway steps and come aboard; some are wearing Burmese dress and others more western styles. Groups of 'notable Burmans'. Browning and Stopford talking.
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: Stopford, Montagu George North (person)
Browning, Frederick Arthur Montague (person)
Dorman-Smith, Reginald Hugh (person)
Royal Navy, CUMBERLAND (HMS), frigate (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
