Ananda Mahidol, Rama VIII of Siam (Thailand), is received at a garden party thrown by Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia) and Major-General Evans, commander Allied Land Forces Siam.

High shot taken from the roof (?) of 'A' Mess Allied Land Forces Siam, the residence of Major-General Evans, showing a Royal Marine band playing in the grounds of the house by a ornamental pool. Looking down as a car arrives; it has an open driver's cab and an enclosed passenger saloon and stops under an awning. Band and guests at tables. Guests at tables. Ground level shot of people at tables. Mountbatten and the King. Mrs Bird (the wife of the British Charge d'Affairs in Bangkok), the Queen Mother, Mountbatten, the King, and Evans seated together. Band playing with the group behind. Long lens shot of the King and Evans. Some of the guests. Mountbatten and the King passing camera. Mountbatten and the King. Another group shot. View of the band, group, and pool.

Notes

This party was thrown to mark the end of a series of peace celebrations and the visit of Mountbatten to Bangkok.

The King of Siam was born on 20 September 1925. He succeeded to the throne in March 1935 aged only nine, and died of a gunshot wound in mysterious and controversial circumstances less than six months after this film was taken, in June 1946.