ENTRY TO KYAUKTAN AND LIBERATED ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT RANGOON JAIL [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ENTRY TO KYAUKTAN AND LIBERATED ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT RANGOON JAIL [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 223
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Troops of 71st Brigade, 26th Indian Division, XV Corps enter Kyauktan (south west of Rangoon) and recently liberated Allied prisoners are seen at Rangoon jail (gaol).
  • Description: Men push a bogged lorry out of mud. Troops of 1st Battalion 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles marching into Kyauktan. Local people watching the troops march by. View looking over a large crowd of civilians in Rangoon. The crowd waves and applauds. At Rangoon jail a group of newly liberated Allied prisoners of war pose for the camera. In the background the message 'Japs Gone' can be seen on the roof of one of the prison buildings. One of the group unsheaths a Japanese sword, presumably dumped by a Japanese soldier when the prison was abandoned, and waves it triumphantly. The officer commanding Allied prisoners at Rangoon jail, Wing Commander Lionel Hudson, Royal Australian Air Force, and formerly commander of RAF 82 Squadron, seen with his adjutant. Close-up of the thickly bearded Wing Commander Hudson. Prisoners receiving a ration of rice. Some of the men are naked except for loincloths and clearly severely emaciated. A Union flag, previously used only for burials, flying above the jail. Chinese prisoners of war. Indian prisoners behind a barred gate. Indian prisoners, one of them a turban-wearing Sikh, standing close to camera and looking relieved to be free. View of the prison's main gates with a number of former prisoners standing outside. One them is armed with a rifle and bayonet.
  • 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 223
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-05-03
  • 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: Hudson, Francis Lionel (person) Indian Army, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) Indian Army, 71st Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service) Indian Army, 26th Indian Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography) Kyauktan, Burma (geography) Rangoon Jail (Gaol) (geography) Prisoners of War, Far East 1939-1945 (theme) Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Recovery of Allied Prisoners of War and Internees 1945, Allied Prisoners of War Far East 1939-1945, Internment (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: 306 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 223

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