5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING NEAR KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: 5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING NEAR KENNEDY PEAK [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 124
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: 5th Indian Division advance on Japanese positions around Kennedy Peak, near Tiddim, Burma.
  • Description: British soldiers and supplies wait on a rough road. A jeep and trailer come along the road; there is a steep drop on one side of the road and the jeep looks perilously close to the edge. A truck comes towards camera. British troops with tin hats on and carrying their Lee Enfield rifles move through the jungle. (This sequence is very dark). A destroyed Japanese Ha-Go tank is passed by British soldiers. 3-inch mortars are fired by the men of 351st Battery 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery on Japanese positions. Men look at debris as they rest in the jungle (debris is hard to identify but could possibly be a crashed plane). Long shot of a tank on the road ahead. Long shot of Japanese bunkers on a hillside. Two Indian soldiers man, and fire, a Vickers machine gun in heavy jungle. A mortar is fired. Men of 351st Battery 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery sit around drinking and eating. RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers bomb a hilltop; explosions can be seen. Bomb sites on the hill; undergrowth has been destroyed. Hurribombers on more bomb runs and explosions are visible. An M3 General Grant tank is stopped at the corner of a road and fires several times.
  • 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 124
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-10-30
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) Hewit, J R (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 5th Indian Division (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 351st Anti-Tank Battery (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Artillery, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment (regiment/service) Indian Army, 9th Jat Regiment, 3rd Battalion (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: 515 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 124

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