BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR LEAVE RANGOON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR LEAVE RANGOON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 246
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Allied prisoners of war (POWs), recently liberated from Japanese captivity at Rangoon jail, are seen boarding a ship at Rangoon docks for evacuation to India.
  • Description: Allied POWs, many wrapped in sheets or blankets, seen walking along a jetty at Rangoon docks. They are in various dress; one is seen wearing a naval officer's hat, another in a Scottish tam o'shanter and another in a Japanese soft cap. Others wear bush hats or berets. They are put aboard a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)). Panning view of the LCI(L). Crowds of Burmese civilians at Rangoon docks. An amphibious Supermarine Sea Otter flying boat on the Rangoon river. A Fairmile D Class motor gun boat on the river. Crowds of civilians. On a street in Rangoon an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun is towed behind a lorry. Two bullocks tow a cart, apparently laden with kit bags, with British servicemen following on foot. British servicemen riding on the cart.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 246
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-05-04
  • Production Country: GB
  • 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 (regiment/service) Royal Air Force (regiment/service) Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography) Allied Prisoners of War Far East 1939-1945, Internment (event) Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees 1945, Allied Prisoners of War Far East 1939-1945, Internment (event) Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 190 ft; Running time: 3 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 246

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 223 (ENTRY TO KYAUKTAN AND LIBERATED ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT RANGOON JAIL [Allocated Title]) ABY 103 (ARRIVAL OF RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR AT CALCUTTA [Allocated Title]) JFU 243 (17TH DIVISION'S DRIVE ON RANGOON - PRIESTS IN ACTION AND RECOVERED ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT PEGU [Allocated Title]) JIN 58 (CALCUTTA: FREED PRISONERS OF WAR ARRIVE FROM RANGOON BY HOSPITAL SHIP KARAPARA [Allocated Title])
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