MUDDY CONDITIONS ON THE TIDDIM ROAD [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: MUDDY CONDITIONS ON THE TIDDIM ROAD [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 147
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Brief film showing vehicles of 5th Indian Division struggling in muddy conditions on the Tiddim Road, Burma.
  • Description: Vehicles negotiating muddy conditions on the Tiddim Road. A bulldozer (of 44th Field Park Company, Indian Engineers (?)) tows a lorry. A lorry tows a jeep with the bulldozer behind. Bulldozer track in mud.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: JFU 147
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-09-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) MacTavish, DuncanDuncan MacTavish, service number 378125, sergeant cameraman with No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant 6 September 1945 (see Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 April 1947). (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 5th Indian Division (regiment/service) Indian Army, Indian Engineers, 44th Field Park Company (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Tiddim, Burma (geography) Tiddim Road 1944, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) India 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: 86 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    JFU 147

  • 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 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 118 (TIDDIM VILLAGE OCCUPIED BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]) JFU 184 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ADVANCE ON TIDDIM - MILESTONE 138 TO MILESTONE 159 [Allocated Title]) JFU 120 (5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE THROUGH TIDDIM TO KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title])
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