RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY, INDIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY, INDIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 426
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (IEME) assemble a jeep in double quick time.
  • Description: One continuous medium shot showing a section of eight IORs assembling a jeep from parts laid out in front of them. Completing the assembly in four minutes and seven seconds, the jeep drives out of frame.
  • 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 426
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-10-25
  • 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: Indian Army, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 60 Workshop Company (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography) Resumption of British Civil Administration 1945, 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: 427 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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    JFU 426

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 427 (RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY, INDIAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title]) JFU 258 (ENGINEERS OVERHAUL JAPANESE ARMS [Allocated Title]) JFU 257 (WORKSHOP COMPANY SALVAGES CIVILIAN MOTOR TRANSPORT IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 512 (MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 513 (MOUNTBATTEN VISITS RANGOON [Allocated Title])
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