ENGINEERS OVERHAUL JAPANESE ARMS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ENGINEERS OVERHAUL JAPANESE ARMS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 258
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall of Rangoon, Burma.
  • Description: A group of British (Royal) and Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at a table of captured weaponry. The man nearest camera has a bolt-action carbine; he looks down the barrel, closes the bolt and releases the trigger. An Indian Engineer field strips a Dutch 6.5mm Madsen light machine gun (LMG). He removes the magazine, opens the receiver cover, operates the cocking handle and removes the barrel. A Japanese Type 11 LMG is stripped. Another type of Japanese LMG, either a Type 96 or Type 99, is demonstrated; the weapon is similar in configuration to the British Bren gun, and the two are shown side-by-side for comparison. A British sergeant, wearing a Japanese soft cap, unsheathes a captured sword. A Dutch carbine, probably a 6.5mm Mannlicher. A Japanese Type 100 submachine gun. A Type 89 Grenade Discharger (the so-called 'knee mortar'). A Japanese rifle; probably a 7.7mm Type 99.
  • 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 258
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-05-22
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Bryan-Smyth, G E (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (regiment/service) Indian Army, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 54 Workshop Company (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography) 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: 286 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 258

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 257 (WORKSHOP COMPANY SALVAGES CIVILIAN MOTOR TRANSPORT IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 426 (RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY, INDIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title]) JFU 427 (RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY, INDIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title]) JFU 250 (SCENES FOLLOWING LIBERATION OF RANGOON AND VIEWS OF RANGOON DOCKS [Allocated Title])
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