ATTACK ON KENNEDY PEAK BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ATTACK ON KENNEDY PEAK BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 160
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A mortar battery of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, along with tanks and aircraft, supports an attack on Kennedy Peak, Burma, by 5th Indian Division.
  • Description: Ordnance ML 3-inch mortars of 351st Anti-Tank Battery, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, are fired at low angles against a Japanese strong point. Signallers at a wireless set. Close-up of Lieutenant W T Bell (?) of Belfast, the officer commanding, giving the order to fire. Close-up of signallers. Two RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers overhead and bombing a ridge. A Lee medium tank, some distance away along a road, fires its 75mm gun and the casing is discarded from a small hatch. A destroyed Japanese tank (probably Type 97 Chi-Ha) with a series of close-ups on various parts. View of the towering Kennedy Peak and aircraft overhead. Men are served food; the man nearest camera wears an AFPU (Army Film and Photo Unit) shoulder flash. Small tents with clothing hung out to dry. More footage of mortars in action.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: JFU 160
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-11-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Taylor, A (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 351st Anti-Tank Battery (regiment/service) Indian Army, 5th Indian Division (regiment/service) Indian Army, 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Kennedy Peak, Burma (geography) Tiddim Road 1944, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme) Armoured Warfare 1939-1945 (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: 269 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    JFU 160

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 88 (GENERAL SIR GEORGE GIFFARD INSPECTS TROOPS [Allocated Title]) JFU 117 (TIDDIM OPERATIONS BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]) JFU 118 (TIDDIM VILLAGE OCCUPIED BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]) JFU 120 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE THROUGH TIDDIM TO KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title]) JFU 121 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE BEYOND TIDDIM [Allocated Title]) JFU 123 (VARIOUS SCENES OF AN IMPROVISED KITCHEN AND POST OFFICE NEAR TIDDIM [Allocated Title]) JFU 124 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING NEAR KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title]) JFU 184 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ADVANCE ON TIDDIM - MILESTONE 138 TO MILESTONE 159 [Allocated Title]) MWY 51 (ADVANCE ON KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title]) MWY 53 (THE BATTLE FOR KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title])
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