Title:BOMB DAMAGE ON RAMREE ISLAND [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 234
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Landings are made on beaches at Ramree Island with survey shots of damaged and destroyed buildings on the island.
Description: A Chevrolet CMP lorry tows an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun up a beach, probably on Ramree Island off Burma's Arakan coast. Ships and landing craft can be seen in the background. A large, bomb-damaged and roofless concrete building, with men digging in nearby. A signaller huddles in a slit trench with his wireless set; camera tilts up to show a small red cross flag and a number of men wearing red cross armbands or carrying folded stretchers, so probably a first aid post or similar. A number of motorcycles are parked nearby. Looking into a building; a number of men are inside but it is not clear what they are doing. Shots of damaged buildings. Men at work clearing debris. Indian troops (washing?) in a ditch. Rather dark footage of men drawing water from a well with a large and apparently intact building behind.
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)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 26th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Ramree, Burma (geography)
Landings on Ramree island 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
