Title:NAVY ON LAND: BEACHED MOTOR LAUNCH AT KALIENDAUNG RIVER [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JIN 39
Other titles:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Film by an American cameraman showing a Fairmile B motor launch beached on the Kaleindaung river, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma.
Description: A motor launch, ML 419, beached; a crew member jumps down to the sand and another uses a rope. Wider shot beached launch. More crew climb down. The captain of the launch, barechested but wearing his hat, plants a White Ensign on a pole into the sand and grinningly doffs his hat to it. Close-up White Ensign. The captain chalks a sarcastic message on the hull: Passengers are requested not to use the W.C. when the ship is in a station. Closer shot: Regs Wreck. Inspecting the keel. Close-up of the keel at the bow. Looking up at crewman on deck. Wide shot of the beached launch.
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)
Sprague, John (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, ML 419, motor launch (regiment/service)
Keywords: Arakan, Burma (geography)
Third Arakan Campaign 1944-1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
