LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN AND CHIANG KAI-SHEK MEET IN INDIA ; RADIO IN WAR ; WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE (GT BRITAIN) ; THE AZORES (IN ATLANTIC OCEAN W. OF PORTUGAL) Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 1693 111 ADC SOURCE: War Pictorial News, OWI #144 1693-FILM: Arch DN & APC MP 899ª ea Composite (Narrative) Page 1 of 3 LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN AND CHIANG KAI-SHEK meet IN INDIA (No date) MCU, Mountbatten greets British officers and awaits arrival of plane. MSs, MATS plane arrives. Chiang Kai-shek and Mrs Chiang leave plane and are greeted by Mountbatten. VIPs review United Nations troops. RADIO IN WAR VS, refugee boys composed mainly of Greek Cypriots and Poles attend workshop classes in radio communications of the Allied Nations. vs, boys undergo physical training, receive instruction in transmitting and receiving coded messages and construction of field telephones. CU, boy on pole fixes wire. Record Group 111 CU, finger taps out message over telegraph key. Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj Signal Corps ADC 1693 111 SOURCE: War Pictorial News, OWI #1114 Page 2 of 3 ADC FILM: Arch DN & APC MP 899' ea Composite (Narrative) 1693-2 WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE (Gt Britain) vs, WAAFS receive instruction in direction finding for aircraft. WAAF and British airman enter mobile van. Short scene, int of van, WAAF operates equipment. WAAFs board plane. Short scene, WAAF at controls in radio tower, calls landing instructions to pilot. LS, plane comes thru overcast skies. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 Signal Corps 111 ADC 1693 ADC SOURCE: War Pictorial News, OWI #144 Page 3 of 3 1693-3ILM: Arch DN & APC MP 899 ea Composite (Narrative) THE AZORES (In Atlantic Ocean W of Portugal) Map points to position of Azores. AV, British convoy at sea. MS, group of British officers on deck of ship AV, Azores. Short scene, British commanders are greeted by Portugese governors. VS, supplies are unloaded on shore. VS, British soldiers eat mess and wash. Pan, HS, harbor. vs, bulldozers grade airfield. MS, Portugese laborers aid in construction. AV, completed field. Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERB/sj

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities