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Other titles:DOCKS AT HI-SPEED [Main Title]
SCENES AT RANGOON DOCKS 4 FEBRUARY 1942 [Allocated Title]
Summary: Mute, unedited footage shot by British Paramount News cameraman Maurice Ford in Burma.
Description: Rangoon docks, Burma 4 February 1942. View over dock area. Large number of Indian troops disembarking from a troop ship and marching along the docks. View over the harbour. Civilians working past a British soldier in full kit wearing a pith helmet. Portrait shot of the British soldier. Various ships in the docks. Large group of civilian dock workers hoisting up a gangway. Civilian dock workers dragging large bundles of cargo netting. British soldiers manoeuvring a wooden gangway on the dockside. View of a life belt with the word "Rangoon" painted on it. Various small boats at the dockside "Samuel White" and "Searcher". View from inside a warehouse of British troops disembarking from a troop side. Various shots of British troops walking down a wooden gangway. Group of British troops standing by the rail on board ship, smiling and raising their pith helmets to the camera.
Rangoon, Burma 1 and 2 February 1942. Large contingent of Indian troops marching along a wide street. Troops pass several shops and commercial premised, some boarded up, "Bank of China", "Dawson's Bank", "P Orr and Sons" "Rander House" and "Gemmell Kennedy & Co Ltd". Various views of the troops on the march. Lorry convoy of troops driving through streets lined with civilian onlookers.
Rangoon docks, Burma 4 February 1942. Two small boats at the stern of a larger ship. Civilian dock workers unloading sacks from a ship using cargo nets and unloading wooden boxes using ropes. Large number of extremely large wooden crates piled on the quay side, boxes marked "Chevrolet General Motors". Close-up shot of other boxes and metal drums, some marked "Rangoon" and others "Made in the USA".
Alternative Title:DOCKS AT HI-SPEED [Main Title]
SCENES AT RANGOON DOCKS 4 FEBRUARY 1942 [Allocated Title]