COMMANDOS MARCHING INLAND ON AKYAB
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: FUB 49).
Synopsis
Open ground with troops on the move. Team of men hauls a wheeled trolley up the beach. Troops walking through tall grass. Signals post. Troops advancing in single file. Troops dragging signals trolleys which raise dust. Troops in single file along a path marked with mine tape. More shots of men with trolleys. Sherman tank of 19th Lancers passing. Settling down for the night; men around a small fire. Men sat on the ground, and on a parked jeep, eating or drinking from enamel mugs.
Notes
For other film of activity at Akyab, see related items.
Titles
- COMMANDOS MARCHING INLAND ON AKYAB (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 3 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 190 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- War Office Directorate of Public Relations
- cameraman
- Marshall, L W (Sergeant)
- Production company
- SEAC Film Unit