At a jetty men carry belts of ammunition. The belts are passed below decks. The harbour as the boat leaves. 0.5-inch twin Vickers turret traverses left to right and then is elevated to full height (despite the small size of this craft it is armed with this Vickers turret, two Lewis guns, a 4-inch mortar and two Bren guns). The Vickers guns are fired. The crew gathers around the gun. The crew are all Marines and are named as Corporal A Bovell of Southampton, Marine N Regan of Glasgow, Corporal G Young also of Glasgow, Marine H Harding of Whitchurch, Marine D Clark of Newport and Corporal D Read of Southshields. LCMS 36 comes towards the jetty and is tied up.

Supplies are loaded onto the back of a truck by Indian troops and porters. The truck drives away. Trucks can be seen on a rough road which follows a river. Trucks pass over a bridge. Two trucks pass through a checkpoint; the gate is raised already. More trucks pass; an MP waves them on. A sign reads "TCP 1 Anti-Malaria strictly enforced". A truck backs up to a train wagon ready for loading. Trucks drive up to a petrol station and are refueled. Indian troops look at an engine. A sign reads "L.D.O. Loaded Despatch Office". Trucks cross a river bridge. More trucks travel along a long, straight road.

Chittagong, India, (Bangladesh) is one of the main bases for loading ammunition supplies onto landing craft flotillas; LCSM (Landing Craft Support Medium) 36 is loaded with ammunition and taken to sea.

Notes

During the latter stages of the war in Burma XV Corps (Christison) made many amphibious landings on positions along the Arakan coastline. The Landing Craft, Support, Medium was designed to provide fire support and smoke cover during amphibious landings, and to draw enemy fire. The dopesheet gives the armament for this example as a 0.5-inch Vickers heavy machine gun, two 0.303-inch Lewis machine guns, a 4.2-inch mortar and two 0.303 Bren light machine guns. The unit is identified as 903 Landing Craft Support Flotilla.

Chittagong was an important logistical centre for the movement of supplies towards the Arakan front. For more footage of Chittagong, see related items.