Other titles:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division) enter Myingyan, a town on the River Irrawaddy in Burma.
Description: A 15th Punjab Regiment 3-inch mortar team set up in front of camera. Officer on field telephone from observation post; another gives the order to fire. Adjusting sights and firing one round. Wide shot in grounds of a pagoda; troops going forward through ruins and shattered trees towards a smoke screen. Men are seen to run forward through the smoke. Two Punjabi soldiers run forward. A stone monument with Japanese (kanji) script; an Indian officer looks at the script and consults a notebook. Troops going down a bomb-damaged main road through Myingyan. Panning shot of bomb damage and the shanty town the townspeople have built to escape the fighting.
Alternative Title:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Indian Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Indian Public Relations Film Unit (Production company)
Singh, S (Jemadar) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 15th Punjab Regiment, 4th Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 7th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Myingyan, Burma (geography)
Battle of Meiktila 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
