Title:INDIAN ENGINEERS' FIELD WORKSHOP IN BURMA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 242
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.
Description: An officer seen using a loud hailer. A wrecker lorry. Two men at work repairing an axle, possibly from a field gun. Another uses a welding torch to braze a large component. An Indian Engineer at work on the chain of a motorbike (BSA or Matchless?) presumably for use by despatch riders. A wrecker lorry reverses towards a bogged down Chevrolet CMP lorry. A tow cable is paid out and hitched to the CMP. An officer directs traffic on a road. The wrecker arrives at the site of the bogged lorry.
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)
Sanders, P A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)