Title:8TH (BELFAST) HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY (SUPPLEMENTARY RESERVE) IN INDIA - BURMA 1942-45 [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 4393
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY HARRY J PORTER [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military and off-duty activities of his unit in Burma, 1942-1945, and of his own travels in wartime India. Film shows men of his unit, raised in Northern Ireland, preparing and firing their 3.7-inch guns against the Japanese in the Arakan Peninsula, celebrating Saint Patrick's Day in Burma, off-duty scenes in Calcutta, Tipera State, Kashmir, Madras, voyage back via Suez Canal and Liverpool to Larne (passing surrendered German U-boats), welcome home by Prime Minister Sir Basil Brooke (later Viscount Brookeborough), and march past Belfast City Hall in September 1945.
Description:
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY HARRY J PORTER [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 4393
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1942
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Porter, Harry J (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 2
Footage: 1284 ft; Running time: 54 mins (at 16 fps)
