Title:MANDALAY - AIR RESUPPLY AND SHELLING [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 72
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: As the British Army make their way into Mandalay, Burma, they are re-supplied by air drops from Douglas Dakotas and a Royal Artillery Observation Post is set up on Mandalay Hill.
Description: A Douglas Dakota flies low over Mandalay and drops four supply crates with parachutes attached. Several aircraft make passes and drop more supplies. Fort Dufferin, used by the Japanese as a supply depot, is still holding out against the 19th Indian Division attacks. The watchtowers around the walls are ablaze after artillery shelling and smoke columns climb into the sky. An artillery observation post watches the fort burn; they use a range finder to assist the artillery crews.
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)
Abbott, J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 19th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Mandalay, Burma (geography)
Air supply operations, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Mandalay 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
