Title:GARDEN PARTY FOR HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SIAM IN BANGKOK [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 460
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII of Siam (Thailand), is received at a garden party thrown by Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia) and Major-General Evans, commander Allied Land Forces Siam.
Description: On the steps of 'A' Mess, Allied Land Forces Siam (the residence of Major-General Evans) a reception committee of Mrs Bird (the wife of the British Charge d'Affairs), Mountbatten and Evans await the arrival of HM the King of Siam. The King is greeted. Guests with a Royal Marine band in the background. Shot from the back of the band looking towards the conductor and guests. Mountbatten and the King, apparently deep in conversation. Guests. High shot (from the roof of the building?) of the band and guests.
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)
Haywood, Harold (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Evans, Geoffrey Charles (person)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Allied Land Forces Siam (regiment/service)
Keywords: Bangkok, Thailand (geography)
Liberation of Thailand 1945, Thailand, Second World War (event)
Allied Occupation of Siam, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
