Other titles:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Allied landing craft and motor launches sail up the Rangoon River to land troops of 26th Indian Division as part of Operation Dracula, the amphibious reoccupation of the capital of Burma.
Description: From a vessel on the Rangoon River; panning shot following a very low-flying aircraft over the assault convoy. The camera vessel has a single 2-pounder ‘pom-pom’ mounted forward. Various further shots showing aircraft over the convoy. Thick black smoke rising from two separate fires on shore. Shot showing a motor launch engaging a target on shore (a small building?); tracer can be seen. Further shots of the smoke, the convoy and a low-flying aircraft.
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)
Indian Public Relations Film Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 26th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Royal Navy (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
JIN 50 (AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT RANGOON - MUDDY LANDING GROUNDS [Allocated Title])
JIN 55 (AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT RANGOON - TROOPS GREETED BY CIVILIANS AT RANGOON DOCKS [Allocated Title])
JIN 51 (AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT RANGOON - CHRISTISON AND CHAMBERS ADDRESS THE TROOPS [Allocated Title])
JIN 52 (OPERATION DRACULA: BRITISH TROOPS GO ASHORE NEAR RANGOON [Allocated Title])
