Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, is seen en route to Singapore with General Slim, commander-in-chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia.

At Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon, Burma, Mountbatten and Slim chat with Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford, commander of 12th Army. Mountbatten talking with two men (RAF Police?). Slim and Mountbatten boarding a Douglas Dakota transport aircraft. Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, seen talking with Air Vice Marshal Cecil Bouchier and others. Park boarding the aircraft. Mountbatten and Slim with a naval officer standing in front of a parked Mosquito aircraft. Park talking with a group of airmen. Panning view, apparently at Kuala Lumpur airfield, showing local people, servicemen and officers. Party on an airfield at Kuala Lumpur. Rangoon: Mountbatten and Slim step down from a Dakota and are received by Keith Park. The aircraft's serial (FL510) can be seen and the aircraft is therefore 'Sister Ann', one of Mountbatten's VIP transports. Group on the airfield and talking with various officers. Mountbatten and Slim departing by staff car. On the airfield at Kuala Lumpur. Three Japanese prisoners of war with a British and an American officer (China-Burma-India patch). Mountbatten meeting troops. Slim talks with a number of Japanese prisoners. Mountbatten meets officers of 25th Indian Division. Mountbatten inspecting troops; he takes an interest in a man's medal ribbon (and then does so again for the benefit of the camera). Mountbatten meeting Gurkhas. Mountbatten's jeep passes at speed; he waves and salutes to troops at the roadside. Meeting officers and men. Outside Government House in Kalang, Malaya, Mountbatten waves to civilians before departing. Mountbatten and Slim meeting British officers. Meeting Indian troops. Mountbatten addressing a large crowd. Mountbatten and Slim walk through a large crowd. Mountbatten and Slim entering a 'Chinese guerilla' camp (Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army?); the sentries salute him. He is applauded by Chinese troops. Mountbatten's jeep passes through an ornamental archway in Kuala Lumpur. Mountbatten addressing a large crowd. Pans over the crowd. Mountbatten talking with British troops.