Title:MANDALAY - SHELLING OF MANDALAY HILL AND FORT DUFFERIN [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 57
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British troops watch as Monastery Hill, a known Japanese Observation Post overlooking Mandalay, Burma, and Fort Dufferin are shelled in order to drive out Japanese soldiers.
Description: Monastery Hill in the distance smoking from the artillery bombardment; troops look on from a distance. British troops in the countryside near Mandalay. Soldiers from 8th Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment advance (soft focus). A huge explosion blasts the wall of Fort Dufferin and British troops rush forward. A pagoda in Fort Dufferin is ablaze as troops advance towards the main gate of the fort. A tank waits outside the fort and troops watch the fort wall.
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)
Watson, W (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 19th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 12th Frontier Force Regiment, 8th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Mandalay, Burma (geography)
Mandalay 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
