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Title:SIR KEITH PARK VISITS A FORWARD AIRSTRIP [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 88
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, visits a forward airfield on the Mandalay Front, Burma.
Description: Air Marshal Park talking with Group Captain H Goddard and Air Vice Marshal Vincent, Air Officer Commanding RAF 221 Group, in front of an RAF Harvard aircraft. Park visits a Buddhist temple. Park talking with Spitfire pilots outside tents.
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 55 ft; Running time: 1 min
Notes: No slates. Date on dopesheet 20/4/1945 but likely to be inaccurate due to time lag between shooting and receipt of film back at base in Calcutta. Date on photograph below 3/1945 and likely to be more accurate.
No cameraman named.