20TH INDIAN DIVISION IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 20TH INDIAN DIVISION IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 27
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a 20th Indian Division bridgehead.
  • Description: Ordnance QF 40mm Bofors guns pass through the transit area of 20th Indian Division. Mules and DUKWs pass a sign saying Traffic Control Post. Stuart tanks of the 7th Light Cavalry Regiment, 254th Indian Tank Brigade, board ferries and are transported across the Irrawaddy River.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: JFU 27
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-02-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Abbott, J (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 20th Indian Division (regiment/service) Indian Army, 254th Indian Tank Brigade (regiment/service) Indian Army, 7th Light Cavalry (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Irrawaddy (River), Burma (geography) Irrawaddy Crossing 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: 395 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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    JFU 27

  • 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 11 (20TH DIVISION BRIDGEHEAD OVER IRRAWADDY [Allocated Title]) JFU 19 (PREPARATIONS FOR DRIVE ON MANDALAY [Allocated Title]) JFU 20 (DECEPTION OPERATIONS DURING A LULL BETWEEN BATTLES [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 24 (TANKS MOVING FORWARD FROM 7TH DIVISION BRIDGEHEAD [Allocated Title]) JFU 26 (FERRYING TANKS ACROSS IRRAWADDY (BURMA) 100TH BRIGADE BRIDGEHEAD [Allocated Title]) JFU 35 (IRRAWADDY CROSSING BY 7TH DIVISION AT NYAUNGU [Allocated Title]) JFU 43 (BRIDGEHEAD OPERATIONS ON IRRAWADDY [Allocated Title]) JFU 32 (7TH DIVISION ESTABLISHING BEACHHEAD ACROSS IRRAWADDY [Allocated Title]) JFU 34 (BRIGADIER'S CONFERENCE BEFORE 7TH DIVISION'S IRRAWADDY CROSSING [Allocated Title]) JFU 25 (TRANSPORTING TANKS OF PROBYN'S HORSE ACROSS THE IRRAWADDY [Allocated Title])
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