5.5-inch Medium Guns of 1st Medium Regiment go into action at Nyaungbintha in Burma, during operations on the Shwebo Plain.

Lorry-towed 5.5-inch Medium Gun crosses an irrigation channel. Closer shots of the gun passing; it is draped with camouflage netting. Towed 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun passes. More shots, some close, of the 5.5-inch and 40mm guns passing. Close-up of water lilly growing in the field. Men camouflaging their gun. Barrel elevating. Gun firing; coverage from various angles (muzzle, breech, etc). Member of the battery with notepad and pencil. Gunlayer making an adjustment. Cleaning ammunition. More firing. Fusing a shell. More views of firing. Men relax with a game of cards between shoots. Shots of the gun being hauled into position; the men have some difficulty with soft ground. Chopping foliage for camouflage. Unloading and stacking ammunition. Battery surveyor at work. More shots emplacing and camouflaging the gun. Gunner cleaning his sight.

Notes

The units seen are not identified on the dopesheet, but 1st Medium Regiment and 44th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment were part of XXXIII Indian Corps. Corresponding still photographs, held by the Imperial War Museum's Photograph Archive identify 1st Medium Regiment.