Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, makes a tour of inspection of Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.
Description: Mountbatten's car arrives at Government House in Rangoon. He inspects the guard before entering the building with Lieutenant-General Stopford, commander of 12th Army. At a Royal Navy barracks a Royal Marine guard of honour salutes Mountbatten. A White Ensign flies from a flagpole. Mountbatten takes the salute and inspects the guard. High angle looking down over a parade ground as Mountbatten inspects a parade. The parade breaks formation to gather around Mountbatten, who addresses them. Mountbatten's car leaving the barracks; the gates are marked 'St Paul's Institution' and a sign reads 'HM Barracks - HMS Chinthe'. Mountbatten's car arrives at Rangoon docks. He is received at the gate by a guard of honour and by an unnamed Lieutenant-Colonel who has 'Burma' on his epaulette. Mountbatten meets members of the Port Executive Committee, accompanied by Major-General Symes, commander South Burma District. Pioneer Companies, Dock Operating and Transport Companies on parade on the dockside. Symes talks with Rear Admiral Sir Cyril Douglas-Pennant, Mountbatten's Chief Naval Staff officer. Mountbatten inspecting. A Red Ensign flying from the mast of a berthed merchant ship. Mountbatten on the dockside; camera pans to show wreckage from Allied bombing of Rangoon docks. View of a street with lashing monsoon rain. Mountbatten's car drives away through the rain.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Hogg, Ralph D (Captain) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Stopford, Montagu George North (person)
Symes, George William (person)
British Army, 12th Army (regiment/service)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, CHINTHE (HMS), shore establishment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JFU 250 (SCENES FOLLOWING LIBERATION OF RANGOON AND VIEWS OF RANGOON DOCKS [Allocated Title])
JFU 297 (USE OF FLOATING DOCKS AT RANGOON [Allocated Title])
ABY 125 (THE RAF IN RANGOON [Allocated Title])
