RANGOON ROAD - 63RD BRIGADE ATTACK ON PYINBONGYI AT MILESTONE 68 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RANGOON ROAD - 63RD BRIGADE ATTACK ON PYINBONGYI AT MILESTONE 68 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JIN 48
  • Other titles: INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: In Burma 17th Indian Division advances south along the Rangoon road from Meiktila, tanks and infantry clear the defended village of Pyinbongyi near Milestone 68.
  • Description: A raised road runs along the side of a wide open area with a number of stationary Sherman medium tanks (probably 9th Royal Deccan Horse) and jeeps along with a number of men. There are occasional black bursts of smoke in the air from artillery fire. Tanks and infantry advance across the open ground. Tanks enter the treeline. Tanks and infantry enter the village of Pyinbongyi. Smoke rises over trees. A Sherman fires its coaxial machine gun into bushes. A dead Japanese soldier in a foxhole. Indian troops accompany a Sherman which stops halfway out of frame before firing its main gun; the impact of the shell can be seen on a crest a few hundred yards distant. Tanks and infantry advance across open ground. Three Indian soldiers in a gully or dry riverbed with a wireless set. A stationary Sherman tank with its turret traversed to the rear firing its coaxial gun.
  • Alternative Title: INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: JIN 48
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-04-28
  • Production Country: India
  • Production Details: Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor) Indian Public Relations Film Unit (Production company) Benjamin, H (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 17th Indian Division (regiment/service) Indian Army, Royal Deccan Horse (9th Horse) (regiment/service) Indian Army, 7th Rajput Regiment, 6th Battalion (regiment/service) Indian Army, 63rd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Pyinbongyi, Burma (geography) Rangoon Road 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: 300 ft (approx); Running time: 4 mins
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    JIN 48

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JIN 47 (RANGOON ROAD - CROSSING THE BAINGDA RIVER NEAR MILESTONE 84 [Allocated Title]) JFU 221 (TANK, AIR AND INFANTRY ATTACK ON PYINBONGYI AT 68 MILESTONE [Allocated Title]) Art.IWM ART LD 5622 (HQ Royal West Kents at Pyimbongi, Burma: The Monsoon)
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