A cameraman accompanies General Sir Claude Auchinleck as he travels aboard a Royal Air Force VIP transport aircraft.

Auchinleck with RAF officers on an airfield; behind him is parked an RAF Douglas Dakota VIP transport aircraft, serial FD879. He chats with a squadron leader. Close-up Auchinleck. He boards the aircraft. Interior aircraft; Auchinleck leans over a bench seat to stare out of a window. Profile of Auchinleck, his face lit from the window. Auchinleck in discussion with a bald, bespectacled officer. Aircrew in the cockpit; camera turns to look aft and the cameraman walks down the narrow passageway to the passenger compartment. Pilot and copilot at the controls. Pan from looking down passage to an officer asleep in a reclining chair. Auchinleck walking from the aircraft. Speaking to a Air Commodore with an RAF Avro Anson behind. An aide points out where Auchinleck should put his foot to climb aboard; their clothing blows in the propeller wash. Anson taxis away.

Notes

No dopesheet survives for this film, so details are unclear. This may, however, be part of or related to Auchinlecks tour of the North West Frontier. The date, December 1943, is an estimation based on the dates for other film showing Auchinleck's frontier tour.

Series note: The MWY series of films is believed to be part of a ‘pool’ of film received by the Government of India from various sources, including South East Asia Command, the Indian Inter-Service Public Relations Directorate, the Ministry of Information, and from Allied governments. This footage would have been considered for editing and release through the Indian Newsreel Parade; see INR series.