SIR MILES DEMPSEY VISITS 5TH ROYAL GURKHA RIFLES AT BANDOENG [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SIR MILES DEMPSEY VISITS 5TH ROYAL GURKHA RIFLES AT BANDOENG [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 574
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Sir Miles Dempsey, the soon-to-be-departing commander of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), pays a farewell visit to the 3rd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles at Bandoeng in Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia).
  • Description: Dempsey at the salute; pan to guard of honour with bugler playing. He inspects the guard. Dempsey with Lieutenant-Colonel Sanders, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles. Brigadier Wingrove (Brigadier General Staff XV Indian Corps) and Major-General Hawthorn, commander 23rd Indian Division. Wingrove, Sanders, Dempsey and Hawthorn.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 574
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1946-04-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Pickering, W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Dempsey, Miles Christopher (person) Hawthorn, Douglas Cyril (person) Wingrove, Norman Douglas (person) Indian Army, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Bandoeng, Java, Netherlands East Indies (geography) Allied Occupation of the Netherlands East Indies, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event) India 1939-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 75 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 574

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 575 (SIR MILES DEMPSEY DEPARTS FROM SINGAPORE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST [Allocated Title]) JFU 576 (SIR MILES DEMPSEY DEPARTS FROM SINGAPORE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST [Allocated Title])
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