Title:MANDALAY - SHELLING FORT DUFFERIN AT POINT BLANK RANGE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 84
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A Royal Artillery unit use an Ordnance BL 6-inch howitzer to blast holes in the walls of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, at point blank range.
Description: An explosion sends up a plume of smoke and dust from the walls of Fort Dufferin. A howitzer is loaded by the crew and fired at the wall of the fort which is no more than a few hundred yards in front of them. A large Buddha statue can be seen on the right of the artillery piece. The crew loads another shell and rams it home.
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)
Hewit, J R (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
Keywords: Mandalay, Burma (geography)
Mandalay 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
