ARRIVAL OF SIR ARCHIBALD CLARK KERR AT KALLANG AIRPORT SINGAPORE AND ARRIVAL OF GENERAL STOPFORD (1946-01-30)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JFU 474).

Synopsis

RAF Regiment guard of honour presenting arms at Kallang airport. Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, takes the salute. Mountbatten and senior officers. Clark Kerr steps down from his aircraft (an RAF Avro York transport) and meets Mountbatten and others. He inspects the guard and watches them march off. Clark Kerr and Mountbatten departing by open car. Rear-Admiral Douglas-Pennant gets into a car. Douglas-Pennant and a (Major-General?) Lang (Mountbatten's liaison officer) in the back of a car. Group shot of the RAF crew of the York transport.

General Stopford steps briskly down an aircraft's ladder. Close-up of General Stopford.

Film showing Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, formerly the British ambassador to Moscow and now the special representative of the British government in Java, and General Sir Montagu Stopford, General Officer Commanding Burma Command, arriving at Kallang airport in Singapore.

Notes

Dopesheet identifies the guard of honour as provided by 2180 and 2891 Squadrons of the RAF Regiment, and the reception committee as including Douglas-Pennant, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, Lieutenant-General Frederick Browning, Major-General Kimmins, and Group Captain Riley. The crew of Clark Kerr's York are named as:

Squadron Leader A L Roberts - Captain.

Flight Lieutenant E E H Cook - Co-pilot.

Flight Lieutenant L W Quick - Navigator.

Flight Lieutenant Wilson - Navigator.

Flight Lieutenant Walton - Wireless Operator.

Flight Lieutenant Adey - Wireless Operator.

Flying Officer Paver - Engineer.

 

Titles

  • ARRIVAL OF SIR ARCHIBALD CLARK KERR AT KALLANG AIRPORT SINGAPORE AND ARRIVAL OF GENERAL STOPFORD (1946-01-30) (Allocated)
Series Title:
BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1946
Running Time:
2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
151 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
War Office Directorate of Public Relations
cameraman.
Hutchins, H D (Sergeant)
Production company
SEAC Film Unit