VARIOUS SCENES OF AN IMPROVISED KITCHEN AND POST OFFICE NEAR TIDDIM [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: VARIOUS SCENES OF AN IMPROVISED KITCHEN AND POST OFFICE NEAR TIDDIM [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 123
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Men of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment enjoy the pleasure of an improvised oven and a well-organised post office at their camp two miles south of Tiddim, Burma.
  • Description: The men of 351st Battery 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery have improvised an oven made of two empty ammunition boxes. A pie is cooked and removed from the oven by Corporal C Bell of Battersea. Post sacks and mail lie on the ground. A soldier stamps letters. Men are served food (these shots are very dark). The men eat. A panoramic view of Kennedy Peak.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 123
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-10-26
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Taylor, A (Sergeant) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Bell, C (person) British Army, Royal Artillery, 351st Anti-Tank Battery (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Tiddim, Burma (geography) Kennedy Peak, Burma (geography) Tiddim Road 1944, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 177 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 123

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