Title:LORD MOUNTBATTEN VISITS KOHIMA AND IMPHAL [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 19
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits the Kohima and Imphal fronts, India.
Description: Mountbatten arrives at Comilla in his Douglas Dakota named 'Hapgift' and is received by Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin (Air Officer Commanding RAF Third Tactical Air Force). At Dimapur he is introduced to local commanders by Air Marshal Garrod (Deputy Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, South-East Asia Command). The party departs to Imphal via the Manipur road regained from the Japanese ten days previously. Mountbatten views the battlefields of Kohima. On his return journey he visits HQ Eastern Air Command and, with US General George Edward Stratemeyer (United States Army Air Force), meets Air Vice Marshal Williams. He also talks with RAF and American other ranks.
Alternative Title:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
Clot, Dennis Francis Emile1919-07-04 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Garrod, Alfred Guy Roland (person)
Baldwin, John Eustace Arthur (person)
Stratemeyer, George (person)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Keywords: Comilla, Bengal Province, India (geography)
Imphal, Manipur, India (geography)
Dimapur, Assam, India (geography)
Kohima, North East India, India (geography)
Imphal 1944, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Kohima 1944, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
United States Air Forces 1939-1945 (theme)
