Title:36TH DIVISION CAPTURE MAHLAINGGON IN NORTHERN BURMA [Allocated Title]
Film Number:FUB 90
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: As 36th Division approaches Mongmit, in northern Burma, troops of 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment advance on the village of Mahlainggon, on the Shweli river.
Description: Two British soldiers walk through what looks to be a mortar battery position. British foot patrol along a dusty track. Signallers spool out telephone cable. More troops moving through thick vegetation. Major Hunt, a company commander in the Royal Sussex, looking out with binoculars. Alternative angle with the Shweli river in background. Two men, Corporal Hiscocks and Lieutenant Hearn of the Royal Sussex, throw smoking hand grenades, apparently at a Japanese bunker.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Higgins, K G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
British Army, 36th Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Shweli (river), Burma (geography)
Operations in Northern Burma 1943-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
