Title:SEABORNE LANDING AT RANGOON BY 36TH INDIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 224
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: 36th Indian Infantry Brigade land at Rangoon, capital of Burma, to complete the occupation of the city by 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, as part of Operation Dracula.
Description: Footage from the Landing Craft Infantry (Headquarters) (LCI(HQ)) of 36 Indian Infantry Brigade showing various naval craft assembling before sailing up the Rangoon river; types seen include Landing Craft Assault (LCA), Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)) and Fairmile B and D Class motor launches. The weather is heavily overcast. A naval officer looks out over a rail. Brigadier I C A Lauder, commanding 36th Brigade, looks out over the assembling landing craft. He looks at the camera and, grinning, gives a two-fingered salute. Three LCAs heading ashore with LCA 1692 nearest camera and LCA 1689 and LCA 1356 behind. A motor gun boat with a single gun forward (6-pounder?) on pedestal mounting and twin 20mm Oerlikon cannons and twin QF 2-pounders (Vickers 'pom-poms') aft. Landing craft underway with a LCI(L) signalling with an Aldis signal lamp in the background. Three columns of LCAs, led by the LCI(HQ) and a motor gun boat. A signaller uses an Aldis lamp. An Oerlikon gun crew at their gun aboard the LCI(HQ). A British sailor walks back and forth playing the bagpipes to a uninterested audience of soldiers. Landing craft following the headquarters ship. A Gurkha rifleman, named on the dopesheet as Jahgubahadar Tamang of 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles, playing the bagpipes. Close-up of Rifleman Tamang's fingers moving on the pipes' chanter. Officers looking towards Rangoon on the horizon. Rather poorly lit close-up of sailor playing bagpipes. Brigadier Lauder and Captain Bell, Royal Navy (Senior Officer Amphibious Group II), looking out. Landing craft following the ship. View towards Rangoon. Warehouses of Rangoon docks. A man pours dark liquid (rum?) from a kettle into a measure. He hands it to a soldier in plain dress and steel helmet who downs it. Jetties and cranes at Rangoon docks. A man with binoculars around his neck gives hand signals (probably semaphore). More cranes. A building with a (bell?) tower near the docks. The spire of Shwedagon pagoda can be seen in the distance. Warehouses on the quayside.
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)
Bryan-Smyth, G E (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 36th Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 8th Gurkha Rifles, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
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