Title:CANADIANS DELIVER RICE TO ISOLATED BURMESE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 134
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Assembled film story detailing efforts of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 435 Squadron to provide rice to isolated communities in Burma.
Description: An RCAF ensign flying. A tented camp; airmen stand around a map board to be briefed. In a supply depot men fill sacks for delivery by 'free drop' (i.e. without parachutes). A Douglas Dakota transport aircraft is loaded with sacks from a lorry. The crew board the Dakota and take off. Interior shots of the crew at their stations. Aerial footage of Dakota in flight and of rugged terrain; two broken bridges are seen. The sacks are kicked out of the Dakota's cargo door; the camera follows as they fall to the ground. Local people collect their ration of rice.
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)
Leathead (Flying Officer) (Production individual)
Goozee, S (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Canadian Air Force, 435 Squadron (regiment/service)
Keywords: Burma (geography)
Air supply operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
WPN 234 (WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS NO 234 [Main Title])
ABY 122 (WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN BURMA [Allocated Title])
ABY 124 (CANADIANS DROP RICE TO ISOLATED BURMESE [Allocated Title])
JFU 553 (OPERATION HUNGER: AIR SUPPLY OF RICE TO NORTHERN BURMA [Allocated Title])
