Title:MONSOON PATROLS IN THE SITTANG BEND [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 278
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Infantry of 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) seen patrolling in monsoon conditions in the flooded 'Sittang Bend' area near Waw, Burma.
Description: An infantry patrol walks across an ankle-deep river. They board assault boats on the Pegu-Sittang Canal. The boats motor away. Men boarding. A file of men walk towards camera with a hut behind them. They get into local boats which are punted away by local boatmen. Men disembark at a post marked 'B-62'. A soldier bailing water out of the boat. A file of soldiers approaches a wooden building (a house?). Men cross a paddy field. Soldier pass a bullock drawing a plough and driver. Men crossing a paddy field with a tall pagoda spire in the distance. Men removing their boots and socks and washing themselves. A man scrubs his clothes with soap. Men queue for tea from a can. A soldier puts a cylindrical can, full of pale liquid, onto a small fire while another chops a bit of wood with a machete. A tall statue of a chinthe (a mythical Burmese guardian creature); tilt down to a number of soldiers sat smoking at its base.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Hewit, J R (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 7th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Sittang (River), Burma (geography)
Waw, Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Battle of the Sittang Bend 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
