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Title:MONSOON CONDITIONS ON FRONTLINE RAF AIRFIELDS IN BURMA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ABY 7
Other titles:ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Muddy frontline conditions are emphasised through shots of airmen wading through waterlogged airfield perimeter trenches, and later pushing a Spitfire through the mud.
Description: Men washing their feet. Tents sinking into mud. RAF medical staff retrieving items from a flooded tent. RAF Regiment personnel manning Bren light machine guns, trenches and lookout posts. Pet bears eating at a table and towing a bomb trolley.
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)
McKee, J L (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme)