Title:AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT RANGOON BY 26TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 205
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the Rangoon river, Burma, as part of Operation Dracula.
Description: Landing craft coming ashore. A silver RAF De Havilland Mosquito, marked 'B', makes a very low pass over the landing beaches. A party of Royal Navy signallers on the riverbank with their radios and other equipment. Landing craft. A signaller operates a small battery-powered Aldis signal lamp to communicate with landing vessels. Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L))115 with troops disembarking. Men wade ashore. Landing Craft Tank (LCT) 1144 comes ashore and drops its ramp. Men unroll a temporary surface in order to unload vehicles. A tracked Universal Carrier comes ashore. General scene with LCT 1330 unloading in the background. Murky footage shot in heavily overcast conditions of Landing Craft Assaults (LCAs) heading ashore. Men disembark from LCA 58. Men disembark from LCA 60. [The men appear to disembark from opposite directions, suggesting that the cameraman's landing craft is LCA 59]. Men disembarking; each has a three-round mortar ammunition carrier in addition to his personal weapon. A line of LCAs with A1582 nearest, then A1250, and A1177 in the background. More landing craft (A1558 and A1591). Men cross a sodden paddy field. Thick black smoke rises from the city in the distance. Men cross a field; one of them appears to be carrying a mortar barrel.
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)
Brown, T V (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 26th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Indian Army, XV Indian Corps (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCI(L) 115, landing craft infantry large (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCT 1144, landing craft tank (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCT 1330, landing craft tank (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCA 58, landing craft assault (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCA 60, landing craft assault (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCA 59, landing craft assault (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCA 1558, landing craft assault (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCA 1591, landing craft assault (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCA 1582, landing craft assault (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCA 1250, landing craft assault (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, LCA 1177, landing craft assault (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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