Title:IV INDIAN CORPS ON THE ROAD TO RANGOON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 212
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Motor transport of IV Indian Corps seen passing through the Oktwin area, south of Toungoo, on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma.
Description: Motor transport moving down the Meiktila-Toungoo-Rangoon road south towards Rangoon. A burned-out Japanese lorry lies by the roadside. A man in a jeep pauses to talk with local Burmese civilians.
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)
Wishart, Basil Fergusson1919-09-191997-02-11Sergeant cameraman, No 9 Army Film and Photo Unit, later editor of the Shetland Times. Obituary see Herald Scotland, 13 February 1997. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, IV Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: Oktwin, Burma (geography)
Rangoon Road 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
