Title:MEETING ABOARD HMS CUMBERLAND BETWEEN SIR REGINALD DORMAN-SMITH AND DISTINGUISHED BURMESE FIGURES [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 273
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: Various shots of British and Burmese dignitaries in conversation, including John Keswick (a Political Liaison Officer on Lord Mountbatten's staff), Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith (British Governor of Burma) and Major-General Aung San, commander of the Burma National Army (also know as Burmese Patriotic Forces).
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)
Aung San (person)
Royal Navy, CUMBERLAND (HMS), frigate (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
