MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RANGOON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RANGOON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 513
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.
  • Description: View from a high vantage point overlooking the parade ground at 12th Army headquarters in Rangoon. A guard of honour of 4th West African Brigade is formed up. Mountbatten's motorcade arrives. Guard presents arms and Mountbatten salutes. Mountbatten inspects the guard. At 552 Indian Infantry Workshops Mountbatten meets a Major C Robinson from Northern Ireland. Mountbatten meets Captain H A Lammin of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Walking through camp. Mountbatten visits the unit's 'Vulcanising Section'. Passing the 'G.E Office' (?). Mountbatten watches Indian Engineers rapidly assembling a dismantled jeep. The jeep is driven away. Mountbatten addressing troops.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: JFU 513
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1946-01-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) MacTavish, DuncanDuncan MacTavish, service number 378125, sergeant cameraman with No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant 6 September 1945 (see Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 April 1947). (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person) Stopford, Montagu George North (person) South East Asia Command (regiment/service) British Army, 12th Army (regiment/service) Indian Army, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (regiment/service) British Army, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (regiment/service) British Army, 4th West African Infantry Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, 82nd West African Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography) Resumption of British Civil Administration 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) India 1939-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 194 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    JFU 513

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 511 (MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 512 (MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 514 (MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 426 (RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY, INDIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title]) JFU 427 (RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY, INDIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title])
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