SIR KEITH PARK VISITS A FORWARD AIRSTRIP [Allocated Title]

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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.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Vincent, Stanley Flamank (person) Park, Keith Rodney (person) Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Far East 1939-1945 (theme) Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 55 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • 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.
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