Title:RAMP CARGO LIGHTER ON THE RIVER YU [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 190
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: An experimental Type B Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) is assembled and launched, with some difficulty, on the River Yu at Ya-Nan, Burma.
Description: An RCL on props at Ya-nan. Indian Engineers at work on various parts; painting, jacking up the hull etc. A derrick is erected. Engineers working on a winch. A couple of ducks or waterfowl with the RCL behind. Various shots of Indian Engineers manually dredging the river to increase its depth before launching the RCL. In fading light the men attempt to push the RCL into the water. In very poor evening light a pair of elephants are used to try and move the lighter. (Footage taken the following day) A chain is stretched across the river to pull the RCL into the water. The chain is fastened round the foot of a tree. Men straining against a winch. Men pushing the RCL. With the light again fading the RCL is seen afloat.
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)
Hammond, R G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, Indian Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Yu (River), Burma (geography)
Ya-Nan, Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JFU 198 (INLAND WATER TRANSPORT ON THE RIVER CHINDWIN [Allocated Title])
JFU 189 (CASUALTY EVACUATION FROM LIGHT AIRSTRIP AT SAIZANG [Allocated Title])
