In the Arakan coastal region of Burma, Indian Engineers of 25th Indian Division do maintenance work on outboard motors.

A British engineer officer, wearing the patch of 25th Indian Division, attempts to start an outboard motor with a flywheel. A nicely composed shot shows a small tethered boat on a pond going round and round in circles; a British engineer officer (?) is almost knocked into the water by a stretched rope. A British (officer?) and an Indian engineer at work on outboard motors. Series of shots showing adjustments to a propeller. Line of outboard motors being checked. Three pairs of hands at work on an outboard. Three Indian Engineers at work at a workbench. Indian Engineer with moustache filing a piece of metal. Boat going round and round. The boats wash at the edge of the pond. More shots of the boat. Man jumps from the boat as it passes a small jetty. Men attempting to stop a motor as it passes.

Notes

The dopesheet does not identify the engineer unit, but describes it as a field park company, as opposed to a field company. 25th Indian Division's field park company was the 325th Field Park Company, Indian Engineers.

The Arakan was a region defined by a rugged range of hills and a coastal plain divided by small rivers or chaungs. Outboard motors, for propelling rafts or boats, were therefore a vital part of maintaining tactical mobility in this region.

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