MONSOON PATROLS IN THE SITTANG BEND [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MONSOON PATROLS IN THE SITTANG BEND [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 277
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Infantry of 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) seen patrolling in monsoon conditions in the flooded 'Sittang Bend' area near Waw, Burma.
  • Description: Men in rain capes patrolling on foot across a muddy field. Trains and railway rolling stock can be seen in the background. Soldiers board an assault boat on the Pegu-Sittang Canal. Supplies (a tin of petrol and tinned food) are unloaded. The boats move off. Footage from a local boat being punted along the river by a local boatman. Water is bailed out by a young Burmese man. A British soldier punting. Men board a boat. A Bren gunner looks down the sights of his weapon. The boat is punted away. Various views of boats on the river. The boat beaches and the Bren gunner gets off first followed by other soldiers. A post is marked 'B-62'. Men wade across a paddy field before climbing up onto an embankment. They wade across a shallow river. The men, having reached their destination, stop to wash and wring out their clothes. Men removing their boots and socks. Close-up of socks being wrung out. A man lathers soap over his face and neck and washes in a puddle.
  • 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 277
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-07-13
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Hammond, R G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 1st Battalion (regiment/service) Indian Army, 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service) Indian Army, 7th Indian Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Sittang (River), Burma (geography) Waw, Burma (geography) Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Battle of the Sittang Bend 1945, 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: 554 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 277

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 278 (MONSOON PATROLS IN THE SITTANG BEND [Allocated Title]) JFU 281 (DELIVERY OF AMMUNITION BY WATER TO UNITS ON THE PEGU CANAL [Allocated Title]) Art.IWM ART LD 5617 (Burma - 14th Army: The Battle of the Sittang Bend. Men of the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment Making an Armed Patrol)
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