INDIAN GUNNERS IN ACTION AT THITYABIN

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MWY 67).

Synopsis

In an exposed position Indian gunners man 25-pounder guns. Various angles of guns being loaded and fired. One gun is sited close to a damaged-looking bamboo building on stilts.

Notes

This unit is probably 4th Indian Field Regiment of 19th Indian Division. This shoot presumably forms part of the division's operations on the Shwebo plain.

A murky and spotty print.

Series note: The MWY series of films is believed to be part of a ‘pool’ of film received by the Government of India from various sources, including South East Asia Command, the Indian Inter-Service Public Relations Directorate, the Ministry of Information, and from Allied governments. This footage would have been considered for editing and release through the Indian Newsreel Parade; see INR series.

Titles

INDIAN GUNNERS IN ACTION AT THITYABIN (Allocated)

Series Title:: INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Technical Data

Year:: 1944
Running Time:: 2 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):: 35mm
Colour:: B&W
Sound:: Silent
Footage:: 180 ft

Production Credits

Production Countries:: India

Sponsor: Public Relations Directorate, India

cameraman: Hayat, A R (Lieutenant)
Production company: Indian Public Relations Film Unit

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