BURMA BLENHEIM BOMBER BOYS part II, 23 FEBRUARY 1942 [Main Title]

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  • Title: BURMA BLENHEIM BOMBER BOYS part II, 23 FEBRUARY 1942 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BAY 248
  • Other titles: RANGOON, BURMA, 1 MARCH 1942 [Allocated Title] GENERAL YU AND SHIPS LEAVE RANGOON, FEBRUARY 1942 [Main Title] CHINESE GENERAL YU FEI PENG AND SHIPPING ON THE IRRAWADDY, BURMA, FEBRUARY 1942 [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Mute, unedited footage shot by British Paramount News cameraman Maurice Ford, Burma, February and March 1942.
  • Description: Magwe, Burma, 23 February 1942. Aircraft and personnel of RAF Squadron 113. Aircrew in the back of a lorry driving to Bristol Blenheim Mk IV aircraft. Various self-conscious shots of aircrew fastening themselves into their parachutes and climbing in and out of their Bristol Blenheim Mk IV aircraft. Shots of aircraft engines. Medium shots of the aircraft taxiing slowly along the dusty runway. Rangoon, Burma, 1 March 1942. Establishing shots of the city, showing various buildings including long shots of barrage balloons tethered over the city. Packed railway train in Rangoon. Shots of passengers sitting on the roof and in goods carriages. Portrait shots of many of the civilian passengers including an old man drinking and many small children. Overcrowded train departing the station. Probably Rangoon, Burma, February 1942. Shots of flowers in a garden. Chinese General Yu Fei Peng and S H Shen, Resident Associate Director of China Bureau of Transport Administration walk in the garden and pose for the cameraman. Shipping on the Irrawaddy, passenger boats, small boats and civilians on the riverbank. Various portrait shots of the civilians, including shots of small children. Shots of a small group of convicts marching down a gangway to board a ship (Ford's Dope sheet identifies the prisoners as Fifth Columnists).
  • Access Conditions: IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-02-23
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: British Paramount News (Production company) Ford, Maurice (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 870 ft; Running time: 9 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: identification of Yu Fei Peng and S H Shen taken from Maurice Ford's original dope Sheets See cameraman's orginal Dope Sheets. Footage relates to shipments no 130, 133 and 134 For identification of RAF Squadron 113 personnel see IWM film ref BAY 245-3 The cameraman's dope sheet does not include filming dates for either of the Rangoon sequences. The General Yu Fei Peng and Irrawaddy footage was mailed on 28 February 1942 and the shots in Rangoon was mailed on 1 March 1942. For the British Paramount newsreel including footage shot by Maurice Ford in Burma, 1942, see issue no 1173, IWM film ref NPA 1173.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    BAY 248

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    BAY 245-3 (BURMA BLENHEIM BOMBER BOYS PART I, 22 FEBRUARY 1942 [Main Title]) NPA 1173 (BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWS ISSUE 1173 [Main Title])
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