NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE FOR SIAM BUILT BY INDIAN ENGINEERS AND JAPANESE LABOUR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE FOR SIAM BUILT BY INDIAN ENGINEERS AND JAPANESE LABOUR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 613
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: At Ban Dara in Siam (Thailand) 319 Railway Bridging Company of the Royal Indian Engineers construct a new railway bridge over the Chao Phraya river, using the labour of interned Japanese troops.
  • Description: Two Japanese soldiers operating a hand crank winch with another supervising. Bridge structure being rolled out. Close-up of wheels rolling. A side girder is positioned. Wide shot of the river and bridge with men in silhouette on top. View from the front of a train. Labourers at work on the track (poor light makes this unclear). Japanese labourers using an A-frame to lift a bridge component; Lieutenant Jones of Royal Engineers supervises proceedings. Jones speaks with the Japanese commander. Japanese troops carry a Bailey bridging section along the bridge. High shot panning over the river to the wreckage of the original bridge, destroyed by Allied bombing. Shots of twisted metal and broken spans. A set of railway points. Railway carriages at Bangkok railway station, some damaged. Engine shed missing its roof. Interior engine shed. Office building missing all its window panes.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 613
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1946-05-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Povey, P W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, Indian Engineers, 319 Indian Railway Bridging Company (regiment/service) IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Ban Dara, Phitsanulok, Thailand (geography) Allied Occupation of Siam, Allied Occupation of South East Asia post-August 1945 (event) India 1939-1945 (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: 400 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 613

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 620 (RAILWAY WAGONS FOR SIAM [Allocated Title]) JFU 628 (NEW RAILWAY FERRY FOR SIAM [Allocated Title]) JFU 635 (NEW RAILWAY FERRY FOR SIAM IN OPERATION [Allocated Title])
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