AMPHIBIOUS LANDING IN THE ARAKAN AT RU-YWA - AERIAL VIEWS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AMPHIBIOUS LANDING IN THE ARAKAN AT RU-YWA - AERIAL VIEWS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JIN 5
  • Other titles: INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Aerial views of an amphibious landing by 25th Indian Division at Ru-Ywa in the coastal Arakan region of Burma.
  • Description: Aerial views of landing craft, warship and terrain during a landing by 53rd Brigade at Ru-Ywa. Includes views of the Royal Indian Navy sloop HMIS Narbada firing on Japanese positions, views of the local terrain, various classes of landing craft, a civilian steamer marked as a hospital ship, landing craft making their way up a chaung (river or watercourse) and of men disembarking.
  • Alternative Title: INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: JIN 5
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-02-16
  • Production Country: India
  • Production Details: Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor) Ferris, A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Indian Navy, NARBADA (HMIS) (regiment/service) Indian Army, 25th Indian Division (regiment/service) Indian Army, 53rd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service) Royal Air Force, 656 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Ru-Ywa, Burma (geography) Arakan, Burma (geography) Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Landings at Ru-Ywa 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) British Army 1939-1945 (theme) Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 375 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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    JIN 5

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JIN 4 (AMPHIBIOUS LANDING IN THE ARAKAN AT RU-YWA [Allocated Title]) JFU 13 (GUNNERS OF 53RD BRIGADE LANDING NEAR RU-YWA [Allocated Title]) JFU 18 (LANDING NEAR RU-YWA [Allocated Title]) JFU 31 (82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION ARRIVES AT RU-YWA [Allocated Title])
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