Title:CROSSING A BRIDGE IN NORTHERN BURMA (US ARMY CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 140
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Somewhere in northern Burma, a small wooden bridge is used by men, mules and vehicles to cross a river.
Description: Indian troops pass camera. They pass through a wrecked village. Column of troops pass through the village. Troops and mules pass. Troops pass a group of civilians walking at the roadside. Jeep drives onto a low, single lane wooden bridge. Lorry passes carrying oil drums (insignia on the driver's bush hat suggests 36th Division, therefore northern Burma). Lorry reaches the other side. View from a vehicle following behind a mule train. More mules and Sikh drivers following behind. Sign reads 'Mountbatten Bridge' and is marked with 36th Division insignia (two overlapping rings) and the number '51'. Mule train crossing the bridge.
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)
Aumuller, B (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 36th Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Operations in Northern Burma 1943-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
