Title:TANK AND INFANTRY ATTACK ON OKPO NEAR MEIKTILA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 136
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:Infantry of 1st Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles (99th Brigade, 17th Indian Division) supported by tanks, attack a Japanese position at Okpo, 8 miles south east of Meiktila, Burma.
Description:A Sherman medium tank of 255th Indian Tank Brigade named 'Hapur' (a town in Uttar Pradesh, India) seen firing its .30-calibre machine gun. More Shermans. A Sherman, seen from a foxhole with a soldier's helmet in the bottom of the frame, reversing as a cloud of smoke (from artillery fire?) appears nearby. Infantry move up along a wooded track. Infantry in open ground. A British officer (probably Major Harry Hornsby, the company commander) speaking on a wireless set and using binoculars. Rear-quarter close-up of Major Hornsby. A signaller wearing a radio headset to call down artillery fire. Close-up of his map, mostly illegible, but one place possibly 'Thazi', a nearby village. Smoke drifting through a treeline in the distance. A Bren gun at the top of a ditch. Another man talking on a radio. Infantry advancing across open scrubland. A Sherman joins two others; the tank is named but the name is partially obscured (Rohtak?). Close-up of a Sherman named Gurgaon (a town then in Punjab province) showing its tracks and running gear, with an Indian Bren gunner following behind. Tanks in open ground. A tank climbs out of a ditch; its name is obscured by foliage but is numbered '10' on its rear. Extreme close-up on the tracks of a tank named 'Bohar'. Close-up of a tank track churning up dust. Four Gurkhas carrying a casualty on a stretcher. Various distant shots of tanks and infantry with drifting smoke. A dead Japanese soldier in a shallow trench; apparently a movement officer. Another dead Japanese soldier, a gunner, with a close-up of his damaged gun; a British 25-pound shell has gouged a chunk out of the barrel. A wooden basha or hut on fire. Other buildings on fire. Troops moving into the village with burning buildings in the background.
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 136
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1945-04-03-1945-04-03
Production Country:GB
Production Details:War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Miller, E E (Production individual)
