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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]
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)
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