Title:LCM (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) TAKE TANKS OF 19TH LANCERS INTO ACTION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 64
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river by using their LCM Mark III (Landing Craft Mechanised), a task made dangerous due to the fact that if unloading is delayed the landing craft can fill with water and sink.
Description: On board an LCM a Sherman tank is carried to shore; the turret turns as it approaches the shoreline. The tank drives off the LCM. The LCM is now empty and moves down river. A Sherman is backed onto the LCM and the front ramp is raised. Another Sherman arrives along a road and is then backed onto an LCM directed by a soldier. A loaded LCM floats down river. On board, men lean and sit on the tank turret.
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)
MacTavish, DuncanDuncan MacTavish, service number 378125, sergeant cameraman with No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant 6 September 1945 (see Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 April 1947). (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 19th Lancers (King George V's Own) (regiment/service)
British Army, 82nd West African Division (regiment/service)
Royal Indian Navy (regiment/service)
British Army, XV Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tamandu, Burma (geography)
Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
