Title:FALL OF PEGU TO 17TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JIN 66
Other titles:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Indian troops of 17th Indian Division, supported by the fire of a battery of self-propelled 105mm guns, enter the town of Pegu 50 miles from Rangoon, capital of Burma.
Description: A battery of 105mm Priest self-propelled guns of 18th (Self-Propelled) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, seen firing. A gun named 'Chudleigh' is fired several times. Another gun possibly named 'Cape Town Castle'. A wideshot looking towards a distant treeline with drifting smoke; an occasional man or aircraft can be seen. Slight pan left; Sherman medium tanks drive along a road. A Stuart ('Honey') light tank (probably of 7th Light Cavalry) passes. Indian troops cross open ground towards the distant treeline; aircraft can be seen overhead. A Sherman tank passes crowded with men riding on top of its hull. More Shermans follow. More footage of Priest guns firing. A battery of Ordnance ML 3-inch mortars of 7th Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment in action. On a street in Pegu Indian Engineers fill in holes in the road. A Bren gunner in a foxhole protects the sappers. A building, apparently used as a firing position by Japanese snipers, seen on fire. A patrol of Gurkhas (probably of 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles) enters the town. A large sign reads 'Diversion to the Rangoon Road' and an arrow marked 'CMP' points to the left. A tank passes the sign followed by a variety of other military vehicles. View along the road shows a long line of vehicles passing the sign; one of the vehicles is an ambulance.
Alternative Title:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor)
Benjamin, H (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 17th Indian Division (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, 18th (Self-Propelled) Field Regiment (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 10th Baluch Regiment, 7th Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 10th Gurkha Rifles, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 7th Light Cavalry (regiment/service)
Keywords: Pegu, Burma (geography)
Rangoon Road 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JFU 243 (17TH DIVISION'S DRIVE ON RANGOON - PRIESTS IN ACTION AND RECOVERED ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT PEGU [Allocated Title])
JFU 244 (GURKHAS ENTER PEGU [Allocated Title])
