INDIAN SAPPERS PREPARE A ROAD IN THE ARAKAN (10/4/1945)
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JFU 173).
Synopsis
Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and bulldozers to prepare a road between the villages of Kindaunggyi and Taungup in the Arakan region of Burma.
Sappers at work with a bulldozer behind. The sappers dig out a tree root and haul it away. The bulldozer at work levelling ground and gouging out an embankment.
Notes
The Arakan region of Burma was particularly deficient in good roads, making supply and communication difficult. This in turn placed a premium on enginneering manpower and plant such as the troops and equipment in this film.
Titles
- INDIAN SAPPERS PREPARE A ROAD IN THE ARAKAN (10/4/1945) (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 1 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 90 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- War Office Directorate of Public Relations
- cameraman.
- Bryan-Smyth, G E (Sergeant)
- Production company
- SEAC Film Unit
