25-POUNDERS IN ACTION [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 25-POUNDERS IN ACTION [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 241
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A battery of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns in action in Burma.
  • Description: A lorry reverses towards a treeline and a 25-pounder gun and limber are hooked up to it. The camouflaged gun and limber are towed away. A gun layer fits sights to the gun. The gun is fired; another 25-pounder can be seen in the background. Close-up of the recoiling breech. The gun is reloaded.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 241
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Burma (geography) Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Burma 1942-1945 (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: 100 ft (approx); Running time: 2 mins (approx)
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 241

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