Footage of preparations for an amphibious assault, by British troops of 3 Commando Brigade and by Indian Army tanks of the 19th Lancers, against the Myebon Peninsula in the Arakan region of Burma.

Commandos boarding a landing craft. Commandos on landing craft. Landing craft reversing.Troops along a wooden jetty. Cheerful troops passing camera. Crowd of faces aboard the landing craft; there are a number of Indian personnel present. Looking out to sea; landing craft move left-to-right and there are large merchant vessels in the background. Beach with stacked stores and men walking to waiting landing craft. Two shots of stores dump on the beach; a soldier walks across shot. Two officers aboard a vessel; one is a colonel. Sherman tanks of 19th Lancers, fitted with wading apparatus, reverse towards camera. Sherman reverses onto a Landing Craft Tank. DUKW (Duck) amphibians driving into and out of the water. Men standing on the sterns of three landing craft with exhaust.

Notes

According to the official history, the landings at Myebon were made on 12 January 1945. The commandos made good progress, but vehicles were held up by the muddiness of the landing beaches.

For other film of the Myebon landings, see related items.