Title:AERIAL BOMBS USED AS MINES ON THE RANGOON ROAD [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 245
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as mines on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma.
Description: Sherman medium tanks of 255th Indian Tank Brigade drive along a road in rainy conditions. Shot looking at the reflections of troops walking along the wet road surface. Troops climbing a path on a hillside. A number of chutes have been dug into the hillside to enable Japanese defenders to roll aircraft bombs or other explosives down them. Close-ups of the chutes and of the bombs waiting to be pushed down them. Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners at work removing aircraft bombs from the Rangoon road. Various views of bombs being removed including a close-up of a machete being used to dig out a bomb. Stuart light tanks drive along the road, now made safe, followed by Shermans.
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, Indian Engineers, King George V's Bengal Sappers and Miners Group (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 255th Indian Tank Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 17th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Burma (geography)
Rangoon Road 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
