Title:LORD MOUNTBATTEN ARRIVES IN BANGKOK [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 457
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives by air in Bangkok, capital of Siam (Thailand) for a ceremonial parade.
Description: Mountbatten stepping off his aircraft at Don Muang airport, Bangkok. He salutes and inspects a guard of honour. Wide shot overlooking the aircraft stand. Chatting to a member of the guard. Meeting Thai officers. Mountbatten arrives by car with the King of Siam at a parade ground (on the Medan?). Troops on parade salute. Troops sloping arms. The King and Mountbatten inspecting the troops. A bugler playing with guard behind. Mountbatten inspecting Siamese troops. Marine band with the spires of the Grand Palace in the background. Mountbatten and the King. Rooftop shot looking over the Thanon Ratchadamnoen Klang (?) boulevard with an empty saluting base and a crowd forming. The band leads the parade.
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)
Evans (Major) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII, King of Thailand) (person)
British Army, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Royal Thai Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: Bangkok, Thailand (geography)
Allied Occupation of Siam, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
