Title:36TH DIVISION CROSSING THE IRRAWADDY AT TIGYAING [Allocated Title]
Film Number:FUB 41
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: At Tigyaing in northern Burma troops of 36th Division cross the River Irrawaddy.
Description: Men working to convert a boat for use as a vehicle raft; various men sawing, hammering, tightening bolts and filing etc. Light lorry reverses up. Loading kit onto boat. Fuelling and starting an outboard motor. Vehicle driven onto the raft. Views on the water. Approaching the far bank; a man throws a mooring line. Vehicles with pagoda behind at Tigyaing. Vehicles towing 3.7-inch Mountain Howitzers. Troops of the Royal Scots Fusiliers go down to the river to embark on local boats. Local boat midstream. Coming ashore on the far bank. Raft cast line to shore and a lorry is driven off. Aboard; men at the stern with outboard motors churning the water. Putting a 3.7-inch gun onto the raft.
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)
Park, RolandArmy Film and Photo Unit/SEAC Film Unit cameraman/photographer. (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 36th Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Tigyaing, Burma (geography)
Operations in Northern Burma 1943-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
