SHELLING OF PINWE (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SHELLING OF PINWE (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MWY 215
  • Other titles: INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: In northern Burma, an American cameraman films a barrage by C Troop, 122 Field Battery, 178th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (of 36th Division) in support the advance towards Pinwe.
  • Description: View of a camouflaged 25-pounder gun position in front of a treeline; the gun is fired. Further views of the gun. More views (various angles) of the 25-pounder being fired. Closer shots of the gunlayer at work. More shots of the gun in action. More of the gun in action. Seated man with map speaking on microphone.
  • Alternative Title: INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: MWY 215
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-11-17
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Production Details: SEAC Photo Unit (US) (Production company) Leacock, RichardFamily origin: US (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 36th Division (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 178th Field Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Pinwe, Burma (geography) Operations in Northern Burma 1943-1945, 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: 566 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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    MWY 215

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    FUB 6 (NORTHERN BURMA: 72ND BRIGADE ADVANCE ON NABA [Allocated Title]) FUB 7 (NORTHERN BURMA: ADVANCE ON PINWE [Allocated Title]) FUB 14 (NORTHERN BURMA: 36TH DIVISION GUNNERS DIG IN A 25-POUNDER AT PINWE [Allocated Title]) MWY 214 (BRITISH TROOPS ON THE ROAD TO PINWE (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title]) MWY 216 (FALL OF PINWE (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title]) 20352 () MWY 217 (FALL OF PINWE: AERIAL FOOTAGE, CHINESE ARTILLERY AND JAPANESE PRISONER (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title]) MWY 218 (NEAR PINWE: INDIAN ENGINEERS SMALL ARMS PRACTICE AND BRIDGE REPAIRS (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title]) MWY 219 (NEAR PINWE: UNCOVERING JAPANESE MINES (AMERICAN CAMERAMAN) [Allocated Title])
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