Title:SIAMESE MILITARY MISSION AT SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 307-308
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A military mission from Siam (Thailand) arrives at the headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia (SACSEA) in Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Description: Exterior; the leader of the Thai delegation walks towards the building in which discussions are to be held. Interior; three British officers talking. Group shot of the Thai delegation which includes six officers and a civilian. Close-up of the Thai leader. Thai leader in conversation with Rear Admiral Sir Cyril Douglas-Pennant (Chief Naval Staff officer to Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander). Thai leader in conversation with Major-General Kimmins, Assistant Chief of Staff of South East Asia Command; he wears the 'phoenix' patch of the Supreme Allied Commander. Air Vice Marshal Gerald Gibbs, Chief Air Staff officer to SACSEA, can be seen behind. Pan across mixed group of Allied and Thai officers; the man of the left wears the shield patch of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA). Thai delegation waiting to go inside. Close-ups of various members of the Thai party. More close-ups of the Thai leader with Douglas-Pennant and Kimmins.
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)
Davis, Desmond (Production individual)
Stewart (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Douglas-Pennant, Cyril Eustace (person)
Kimmins, Brian Charles Hannam (person)
Penney, William Ronald Campbell (person)
Dening, Maberly Esler (person)
Gibbs, Gerald Ernest (person)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Keywords: Kandy, Ceylon (geography)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
