During a lull in fighting in the Maungdaw area of Arakan, Burma, British troops of 25th Indian Division demonstrate how they deal with monsoon conditions.

A church sign reads "St. Martin-in-the-Field". The building is made of corrugated iron and bamboo and has a bamboo cross on top of it. Eleven men walk out of the church and a smiling vicar or priest sees them off. Rain splashes into a small pool of water gathered in a tarpaulin. Vegetation around the camp is blown by the wind. Men gather in a tent to get tea. Several shirtless men traverse a steep, muddy, slope. More shirtless men queue for tea. The tea is ladled out from a bucket. A soldier sits in a tent writing. Two men wring out a piece of cloth, possibly a shirt, by twisting it between them. Two British soldiers man a Bren gun in a bunker made of bamboo poles and palm leaves. A soldier gets wounds or sores attended to by the medical officer; the MO uses cotton wool and "Tincture Benzoate". A column of British soldiers carries ration tins on their backs through the jungle; they wear rain capes and bush hats. Heavy rain splashes in very large puddles. A jeep, with a canvas tilt, drives through a very large puddle. An Indian soldier stands guard at the camp as rain forms small rivers along the road; another soldier walks along a raised roadway. Rain is gathered in a tin from the corner of a tarpaulin. Rain is caught in buckets. Rain falls from the eaves of a traditional building. More rain splashing in buckets and puddles. A patrol, probably from 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, walks out through scrubland; the patrol all wear their tin hats and have bayonets fixed. They march through ankle deep puddles. They walk through grass that is head high and then pass under a fallen girder. A column of caped men walk through the jungle with ration tins on their backs and hand over the tins to the cook. Four men carry Bren guns. A mule train carrying supplies crosses a small wooden bridge. General views of the camp which is made of tarpaulins and local materials. An officer is briefed before a patrol; maps are consulted as the rain falls outside. A mule train, led by an Indian soldier, climbs a hillside in the jungle; the mules carry kit and ration tins. Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns, probably of 8th Field Regiment Royal Artillery are fired and re-loaded. They are fired several more times. A 25-pounder is dragged, by ropes tied to the axles, up a hillside and then manhandled into position. A 25-pounder is pulled into mud. An officer talks to a group of British soldiers; they make for the jungle, cross a stream and go under a fallen girder. Very dark shots of men in camp. Men cross a flooded field. Storm clouds gather in the sky. A wrestling competition takes place. Two Indian soldiers wrestle in a rudimentary ring; the wrestlers wear just loin-cloths in front of a large crowd.

Notes

The dopesheet remarks that this footage was shot in the 'Tunnels' area of the Arakan, named after the area of the Maungdaw-Buthidaung road where two tunnels pass through the Mayu Range, which divides the Mayu Peninsula.