MANDALAY - SHELLING, SNIPERS AND AIRSTRIKES SEEN FROM MANDALAY HILL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MANDALAY - SHELLING, SNIPERS AND AIRSTRIKES SEEN FROM MANDALAY HILL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 39
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Views from Mandalay Hill, Burma, of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns and BL 5.5-inch medium guns shelling Japanese sniper positions in a Buddhist pagoda.
  • Description: A pagoda being shelled and on fire as Brigadier Stevens and Lieutenant-General Montagu Stopford watch the battle unfold. 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, who had recently been sniped at, wait for the sniper to give away his position. P-47 Thunderbolts dive bomb enemy positions in Fort Dufferin, a Japanese stronghold. A captured Japanese Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Gun is inspected and loaded.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: JFU 39
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Watson (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Stopford, Montagu George North (person) British Army, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Mandalay, Burma (geography) Mandalay 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Fighter operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 563 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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    JFU 39

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