JAPANESE EMISSARIES AT RANGOON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: JAPANESE EMISSARIES AT RANGOON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 131
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary negotiations for surrender of Japanese forces in south east Asia.
  • Description: Group of senior officers including Air Vice Marshal Bouchier (commander of RAF 221 Group), Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford (commander of 12th Army), Major-General Tuker (commander IV Corps) , and Major-General George Symes (commander of South Burma District) awaiting arrival of Japanese delegates. A Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' transport aircraft taxiing with crowds of British and Indian personnel. Japanese emissaries alighting from the aircraft led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata, Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Count Terauchi, and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo. They both carry swords. Japanese airmen are escorted from their aircraft. Numata salutes Symes. The delegation is escorted through the crowd by armed guards. The crowd examines the Japanese aircraft; their distinctive 'hinomaru' or red sun emblem has had a green cross superimposed to aid identification. Aerial view of the Japanese aircraft in flight escorted by Spitfires of RAF 273 Squadron. View of the airfield at Mingaladon. Interior shots; delegates escorted into a hall. Men, probably journalists, at work on typewriters.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ABY 131
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-08-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Lang, T W (Production individual) Shears (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bouchier, Cecil Arthur (person) Stopford, Montagu George North (person) Numata, Takazo (person) Symes, George William (person) Tuker, Francis Ivan Simms (person) Chudo, Kaigye (person) Royal Air Force, 273 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography) Surrender of Japanese Forces 1945, Burma, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Japanese Army 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: 745 ft; Running time: 9 minutes
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    ABY 131

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