Title:36TH DIVISION JEEP RAILWAY AT SAHMAW [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 157
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A jeep railway is operated by men of 36th Division near Sahmaw in northern Burma.
Description: A jeep, fitted with railway wheels, stands parked on a railway line with a wagon behind. A number of men carry a girder onto the wagon while a Douglas Dakota transport aircraft passes in the background. The girder is placed on the wagon. A man pulls a lever to change the points. The jeep-train, heavily laden with men, passes camera; the men include British, Indian and American troops. The jeep-train drives away from camera; wrecked rolling stock lies by the wayside. The train is unloaded. The jeep is turned around on a swivel; the jeep's grille has been bashed in and the bumper is marked with the overlapping rings insignia of 36th Division. Wide shot showing British engineers (probably of 236th Field Company) many standing knee-deep in a river, rebuilding a bridge (this section appears to have suffered some emulsion damage). Two shots of a large group of sappers erecting a large wooden frame. Major-General Francis Festing arrives by jeep-train; men salute him as he passes. The jeep-train, laden with supplies and men, crosses a repaired bridge. Indian engineers repairing a small railway bridge. A small railway cart is pushed along the tracks.
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)
Park, RolandArmy Film and Photo Unit/SEAC Film Unit cameraman/photographer. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Festing, Francis Wogan (person)
British Army, 36th Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Engineers, 236th Field Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: Mogaung Valley, Burma (geography)
Sahmaw, Burma (geography)
Operations in Northern Burma 1943-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JFU 129 (OPERATIONS IN NORTH BURMA [Allocated Title])
JFU 152 (ROYAL ENGINEERS BRIDGE THE HOPIN CHAUNG; GENERAL FESTING VISITS ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS [Allocated Title])
