Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Training of the 5th King's African Rifles in Tananarive, Madagascar.
Description: A carrier platoon manned by Askaris approaches over the skyline in open formation. One of the carriers takes a quarry too closely. Bounding over rough ground. Ascending the hill through the trees. Driver Okes of the Marama tribe. A Kikuyu driver named William Juguna. Ox carts pass the carrier crews on the road. Close-up of Sergeant Seymour. A refresher class on the Bren gun. A class in wireless and lamp signalling. Close-up of the wireless operator. The heliograph in action. Company Sergeant Major Ali Hersi, a Somali, trains new recruits. The men slope arms. Askaris with Tommy guns. Major-General R S Smallwood takes the salute. He pins a Military Medal onto the breast of Sergeant Seymour. He inspects the battalion. Close-up of the general. Close-up of Askaris. Inspecting the band. A march past.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Rottner, G H (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, King's African Rifles, 5th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tananarive, Madagascar (geography)
British Occupation of Madagascar 1942, Indian Ocean, Second World War (event)
East Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
