Following the capture of Myingyan, north of Meiktila, Burma, Sherman tanks and infantry work together to flush out resistance from Japanese held villages in the surrounding area.

A tank is surrounded by British soldiers; they chat. Officers hold a briefing next to a tank. Four tanks of 116th Regiment (Gordon Highlanders) Royal Armoured Corps roll down a rough road; they carry four men each from 4th Bombay Grenadiers on the back (these men are there to protect the tanks and are nicknamed "The Guiders" by the tank crews). The tanks are now at the edge of a field with the infantry prone along the edge. A pall of smoke rises in the distance and flames can be seen. An Indian soldier walks towards the burning village in the distance. More smoke fills the sky. An RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber flies through the smoke. More British troops approach the village. A dead Japanese soldier lies on the ground. Tanks and infantry are on the move across fields. The tanks fire. The village is ablaze. Smoke rises behind a tank as buildings in the village burn. An infantryman takes cover behind some thin scrub which is behind a tank. The tanks line up in a field. One tank moves across the field. Infantry walk across the field (out of focus). The infantry move through the village; many buildings are on fire. A villager walks past. More villagers walk away carrying their belongings. An hysterical woman runs through the village; she gesticulates with a praying motion to the soldiers. Villagers desperately try to rescue their belongings from burning buildings. The tanks move across the fields again. A British soldier laces his boots. Two soldiers make tea. General views of the improvised camp of three or four tanks parked next to a Buddhist temple. Empty shell casings are piled up. Tea is brought to a soldier who has just woken up from under an improvised tent of a piece of canvas tied to the side of a tank. Some of the men wash by their tanks. Shells are loaded into the tanks. The tank barrel is cleaned with a very long rod. Petrol is poured into the tank from a can. The men inspect a 70mm Battalion gun captured from the Japanese.

Notes

The dopesheet identifies the infantry as being of 33rd Brigade (Collingwood), 7th Indian Division. Difficult to be certain what action this film documents, but it seems likely that this is part of a sweep southward by 33rd Brigade between Myingyan and Taungtha. If so, this action saw two battalions (4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles and 4th Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment) move southwards, encountering numerous small parties of the enemy and capturing a large number of guns. Each battalion was supported by a squadron of the Gordon Highlanders and a battery of 139th Field Regiment Royal Artillery. These details from the reference below, a copy of which is held by the Museum's Department of Printed Books.