SADAUNG WELCOMES RAF OFFICERS (20/3/1945)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ABY 96).

Synopsis

Civilians in Sadaung, southeast of Meiktila, Burma, welcome RAF officers who helped reclaim their village from the Japanese.

A jeep drives up and comes to a halt outside a wooden house. RAF officers get out of the jeep and are greeted by a local Burmese man, and his wife and child. An RAF Flight Lieutenant holds a young child. Local children, obviously dressed for the occasion, put garlands of flowers around the officers' necks. A dance is staged for their entertainment. A man beats a drum, and another plays a 'wa letkote' or bamboo clapper. Close-up of a man beating a drum with both hands while blowing a whistle.

Notes

Dopesheet remarks that the Burmese man who greets the RAF officers had studied Law at Oxford.

No slates. Two dates on dopesheet; that given above is the earlier of the two and more likely to be correct.

 

Titles

  • SADAUNG WELCOMES RAF OFFICERS (20/3/1945) (Allocated)
Series Title:
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1945
Running Time:
2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
155 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
Air Ministry Directorate of Public Relations
cameraman
Layzell, R G (Sergeant)
Production company
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
 

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