Title:TIDDIM VILLAGE OCCUPIED BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 118
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: After fierce fighting British and Indian soldiers inspect the damage to the town of Tiddim, Burma.
Description: General view of the town of Tiddim in the distance. An Indian soldier walks out of the jungle and is followed by two other Indian soldiers; they all wear forage caps. Another view of the village. The soldiers' boots. Two men in tin hats man a Vickers machine gun pointed at the town. A sign reads "Quarterguard. CH BFF N189 TIDDIM"; some of the letters are missing as the sign shows damage. There are crossed kukri knives with a horn above them carved into the sign as well. A damaged building. A Douglas Dakota transport plane flies overhead. Shacks and buildings built up the hillside show signs of damage too. Two white soldiers walk through the village. A pan of a row of large, badly damaged, buildings. A soldier examines an unexploded bomb lying in the grass; he has an unlit pipe between his teeth. Pan up to the damaged buildings. An Indian soldier, Shan Khan Thang, looks at the damage to the school building in Tiddim; he is an ex-pupil of the school. The building is made of corrugated iron and brick which is collapsed. Two officers, Major-General F G Warren (commander 5th Indian Division) and Brigadier E J Denholme (commander 123rd Brigade), chat and smoke their pipes. One officer uses his binoculars to look down the valley.
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)
Taylor, A (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Shan Khan Thang (person)
Warren, Dermot Frederick William (person)
Denholm-Young, Eric John (person)
Indian Army, 5th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tiddim, Burma (geography)
Tiddim Road 1944, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JFU 117 (TIDDIM OPERATIONS BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title])
JFU 120 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE THROUGH TIDDIM TO KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title])
JFU 121 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE BEYOND TIDDIM [Allocated Title])
JFU 123 (VARIOUS SCENES OF AN IMPROVISED KITCHEN AND POST OFFICE NEAR TIDDIM [Allocated Title])
JFU 124 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING NEAR KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title])
JFU 147 (MUDDY CONDITIONS ON THE TIDDIM ROAD [Allocated Title])
JFU 160 (ATTACK ON KENNEDY PEAK BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title])
JFU 180 (JAPANESE RETREAT FROM KHA KHONOU AT MILESTONE 24 TO THE KUKI HILLS AT MILESTONE 33 [Allocated Title])
JFU 184 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ADVANCE ON TIDDIM - MILESTONE 138 TO MILESTONE 159 [Allocated Title])
JFU 189 (CASUALTY EVACUATION FROM LIGHT AIRSTRIP AT SAIZANG [Allocated Title])
JFU 191 (MEN OF THE PUNJAB REGIMENT ON PATROL AND STRETCHER BEARERS AT WORK [Allocated Title])
JFU 195 (INDIAN ENGINEER WORKSHOP AND SCENES ALONG THE TIDDIM ROAD [Allocated Title])
JFU 208 (VARIOUS SCENES OF 5TH INDIAN DIVISION AT KALEMYO [Allocated Title])
