Title:SHELLING IN SUPPORT OF IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD AT THABEIKKYIN [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JIN 2
Other titles:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: At Thabeikkyin artillery and aircraft provide cover as troops of 19th Indian Division cross the River Irrawaddy, Burma.
Description: View from high ground looking towards the east bank of the River Irrawaddy. A large cloud of dust hangs in the air with drifitng smoke and attacking RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers. Various shots of smoke and aircraft passing. View from behind an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun firing on Japanese targets on the far side of the river. More drifiting smoke. Indian troops sitting on a raft at the shore of the river. Shots of a raft in midstream.
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)
Hayat, A R (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 19th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
Keywords: Irrawaddy (River), Burma (geography)
Thabeikkyin, Burma (geography)
Irrawaddy Crossing 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Indian Army 1939-1945 (theme)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
Empire & Commonwealth (theme)
