Title:MINOR LANDING BY ROYAL INDIAN NAVY OF 1ST LINCOLNS TEN MILES SOUTH OF RAMREE TOWN [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JIN 26
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: British infantry of 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment board Royal Indian Navy LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanised) make an amphibious landing ten miles south of Ramree Town, in the Arakan region of Burma.
Description: British troops, heavily laden, board a landing craft. Various shots of stores being loaded. Water churning at the stern of a landing craft. LCMs make their way up a chaung (river or watercourse). View through the bow ramp. Ramp down; there are soldiers waiting on the beach. Close-up of the coxswain's hands on the wheel. Indian coxswain; the wheelhouse is marked 'Patricia'. Alternative angle. Indian soldier. A cockerel (a mascot?). Crowd of troops disembarking. LCM passing. Indian sailors pose for the camera. Low shot of troops' feet on the gunwale and water below. Landing craft's wake behind. Other craft passing.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Indian Army Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Indian Army Film Unit (Production company)
Lawrence (Signalman) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Indian Navy (regiment/service)
British Army, Lincolnshire Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Keywords: Arakan, Burma (geography)
Ramree, Burma (geography)
Landings on Ramree island 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Combined Operations and Landing Craft 1940-1945 (theme)
Amphibious Warfare (theme)
