FIREBOMBING OF KANGAW [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FIREBOMBING OF KANGAW [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 149
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).
  • Description: Kangaw, on the Arakan coast, Burma; a Thunderbolt flying at low altitude drops a bomb that explodes in a sheet of flame. A mushroom-shaped cloud of black smoke rises. More aircraft drop similar bombs. At Cox's Bazaar, India (now Bangladesh), napalm bombs are tested with spectacular explosions and thick black smoke.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised:
  • Object_Number: ABY 149
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-01-27
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Connochie, T D (Production individual) Lang, T W (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, 30 Squadron (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Kangaw, Burma (geography) Cox's Bazaar, Bengal Province, India (geography) Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) India 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 199 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 149

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    GEN 15 (THE GEN NO 15 [Main Title]) MWY 94 (ROYAL INDIAN NAVY EVACUATE WOUNDED FROM THE KANGAW BATTLE [Allocated Title]) JIN 8 (ROYAL INDIAN ARMY SERVICE CORPS AMPHIBIANS IN ACTION AT KANGAW [Allocated Title])
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