Metadata
- Title: SIR RONALD CROSS VISITS BURMA FRONT [Allocated Title]
- Film Number: ABY 43
- Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
- Summary: Sir Ronald Cross, British High Commissioner to Australia, visits Imphal airfield and is received by Air Commodore Vincent.
- Description: Lockheed Hudson aircraft passes in front of camera. Air Commodore Vincent, Air Officer Commanding 221 Group RAF, disembarks from Hudson HB-233 and is greeted by the station commander. Sir Ronald disembarks from Douglas Dakota FD-879. The party gets into a car. Sir Ronald talks to Australian aircrew of RAF 60 Squadron with a Hawker Hurricane in the background. Watching aircraft take off. Shots of Sir Ronald chatting with members of his party.
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
- Featured Period: 1939-1945
- Production Date: 1944-11-26
- Production Country: GB
- Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Goozee, S (Production individual) Clot, Dennis Francis Emile1919-07-04 (Production individual)
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Vincent, Stanley Flamank (person) Cross, Ronald (person) Royal Air Force, 60 Squadron (regiment/service)
- Keywords: Imphal, Manipur, India (geography) Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Far East 1939-1945 (theme) India 1939-1945 (theme)
- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
- Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 254 ft; Running time: 3 mins
- Notes: Australian aircrew believed to include Pilot Officer McLean, Warrant Officer J G Jackson, Pilot Officer A G Webb and Warrant Officer H W Reid. See related items below. Date from dopesheet, no slates seen. Date of filming likely to be earlier than that above.
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