TANKS MOVING FORWARD FROM 7TH DIVISION BRIDGEHEAD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TANKS MOVING FORWARD FROM 7TH DIVISION BRIDGEHEAD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 24
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Sherman medium tanks of 255th Indian Tank Brigade being used to consolidate 7th Division's bridgehead over the Irrawaddy River, Burma.
  • Description: Tanks advance eastwards from the bridgehead established over the Irrawaddy River towards Nyaungu near Pagan. A Japanese prisoner has his wounds treated on a stretcher. Burmese people wave the Union flag as men of the 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment pass through Nyaungu. Several Sherman tanks and Universal (Bren) carriers pass the small crowd of local people still enthusiastically waving their flag.
  • 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 24
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-02-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Sanders, P A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 7th Indian Division (regiment/service) Indian Army, 255th Indian Tank Brigade (regiment/service) British Army, South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers), 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Nyaungu, Burma (geography) Irrawaddy Crossing 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) Armoured Warfare 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: 174 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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    JFU 24

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 97 (CROSSING THE IRRAWADDY [Allocated Title]) JFU 10 (20TH INDIAN DIVISION CROSSING THE RIVER IRRAWADDY AT MYINMU [Allocated Title]) JFU 21 (7TH DIVISION CONSOLIDATING IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD [Allocated Title]) JFU 22 (TRANSPORTING MEN AND SUPPLIES ACROSS IRRAWADDY FOR 7TH DIVISION [Allocated Title]) JFU 27 (20TH INDIAN DIVISION IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD [Allocated Title]) JFU 35 (IRRAWADDY CROSSING BY 7TH DIVISION AT NYAUNGU [Allocated Title]) JFU 43 (BRIDGEHEAD OPERATIONS ON IRRAWADDY [Allocated Title])
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