ALLIED AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF VISITS INDIAN AIR FORCE ON RAMREE ISLAND
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JIN 18).
Synopsis
Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits No. 4 Squadron Indian Air Force on Ramree Island off Burma's Arakan coast.
Sir Keith Park and Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon chatting with other officers by a parked RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft, serial KJ953. Close-up of Park. Park and Bandon sitting on the ground near tents and chatting with airmen. Park, Bandon and company walk past a Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber, PJ870 'H'. Park salutes an Indian airman standing by a Hurricane named 'Joan'. Park, Bandon, and another officer. Meeting Indian airmen. Park sits in a jeep and watches a Hurricane take off. Park and group watching. Ground crew posing with Hurricane. Pan showing three ground crewmen, one with a piece of equipment hanging around his neck.
Notes
Dopesheet does not identify the squadron but a reference to a Squadron Leader W Berry strongly suggests No. 4 Squadron IAF.
This visit also covered by a British cameraman. See related items.
Titles
- ALLIED AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF VISITS INDIAN AIR FORCE ON RAMREE ISLAND (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 3 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 245 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- India
- Sponsor
- Public Relations Directorate, India
- cameraman.
- Ferris, A (Lieutenant)
- Production company
- Indian Army Public Relations Film Unit