Title:EVACUATION OF WEST AFRICAN CASUALTIES FROM LETMAUK BY AIR AND ROAD [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 114
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: After being cut off by Japanese forces from the rest of the British force northeast of Letmauk, Burma, for two weeks the 2nd Brigade 82nd West African Division took heavy casualties; the casualties are evacuated from an improvised airstrip to Akyab and Kyaukpyu.
Description: A casualty is brought by African soldiers to a Stinson L-5 Sentinel. The stretcher is loaded onto the plane. The plane takes off right to left and kicks up a lot of dust. An African soldier with a dressing on a face wound sits in a plane. Another L-5 is loaded with a stretcher case; the stretcher is strapped into the plane. The L-5 takes off. A stretcher with casualty is loaded onto a jeep. Four jeeps move off carrying wounded. Approximately twelve soldiers on stretchers are laid out in rows on the ground. One waves a white cloth above his head to keep flies away. The soldiers have bandages on various parts of their bodies. A white doctor looks at medical cards. A white soldier is loaded onto an L-5. The pilot in the cockpit. A sign for the "75 MDS" (Main Dressing Station). An African soldier sits on the ground juggling two oranges with one hand; another soldier stands and watches as he smokes.
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: British Army, 82nd West African Division (regiment/service)
British Army, 2nd West African Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Keywords: Letmauk, Burma (geography)
Arakan, Burma (geography)
Air evacuation of casualties, Air operations over Burma, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
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JFU 30 (MEDICAL ATTENTION AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION TO BURMESE [Allocated Title])
JFU 36 (AMPUTATION IN THE FIELD BY NO.6 MOBILE SURGICAL UNIT [Allocated Title])
JFU 44 (ARMY TRANSFUSION UNIT AT WORK AT SINTHE [Allocated Title])
