Title:ATTACK ON PYAWBWE BY 17TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 167
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and scenes after its capture.
Description: Footage taken from a shell scrape or foxhole; troops of 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment advancing. The muzzle of a Lee Enfield No.3 rifle, with bayonet fixed, protrudes into the bottom of the frame. A wounded Burmese man is put aboard an armoured car (of 16th Light Cavalry?) which drives away. Officers of 48th Indian Infantry Brigade watching with binoculars. Indian troops (signallers?) with a parked jeep, motorbike and lorry. Troops of 6th Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment advancing along a street in Pyawbwe. Troops moving through the village. An ambulance. A motorcycle despatch rider approaches camera. A dead Japanese gunner lying over the trail of his gun. Another dead Japanese soldier. Motor transport passes through the village.
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)
Higgins, K G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 17th Indian Division (regiment/service)
British Army, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 48th Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 7th Rajput Regiment, 6th Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Pyawbwe, Burma (geography)
Rangoon Road 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
