EMBARKATION OF TROOPS AT KYAUKPYU ON RAMREE ISLAND FOR LETPAN LANDING [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: EMBARKATION OF TROOPS AT KYAUKPYU ON RAMREE ISLAND FOR LETPAN LANDING [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 68
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Forman leave Kyaukpyu (Burma) on the northern end of Ramree Island for the landing at Pyin Wan in order to cut off the Japanese last escape line in that area.
  • Description: Brigadier Forman talks to his beach group officers on the beach; various craft can be seen in the sea behind him. British troops board an LCA (Landing Craft Assault) as more troops line up to board the next one. The front ramp on the LCA closes and a bulldozer is used to push the craft into the water. The bulldozer backs onto the beach and the LCA departs. More troops board various small craft. The cameraman moves on board an LCA and the troops file on board. The LCA approaches H.95 HMS Roebuck an R Class destroyer and ties up alongside so the troops can board from the LCA.
  • 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 68
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Bryan-Smyth, G E (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, ROEBUCK (HMS) (regiment/service) Indian Army, 4th Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service) Indian Army, 26th Indian Division (regiment/service) Indian Army, XV Indian Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Kyaukpyu, Ramree, Burma (geography) Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Letpan landings 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme) Royal Navy 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 180 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    JFU 68

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 31 (82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION ARRIVES AT RU-YWA [Allocated Title]) JIN 27 (BOMBARDMENT BY HMS ESKIMO IN SUPPORT OF LANDINGS AT LETPAN [Allocated Title]) JIN 28 (2ND BATTALION 13TH FRONTIER FORCE RIFLES ADVANCING AT LETPAN [Allocated Title])
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