ATTACK ON PYAWBWE BY 17TH INDIAN DIVISION [Allocated Title]

Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and scenes after its capture.

Footage taken from a shell scrape or foxhole; troops of 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment advancing. The muzzle of a Lee Enfield No.3 rifle, with bayonet fixed, protrudes into the bottom of the frame. A wounded Burmese man is put aboard an armoured car (of 16th Light Cavalry?) which drives away. Officers of 48th Indian Infantry Brigade watching with binoculars. Indian troops (signallers?) with a parked jeep, motorbike and lorry. Troops of 6th Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment advancing along a street in Pyawbwe. Troops moving through the village. An ambulance. A motorcycle despatch rider approaches camera. A dead Japanese gunner lying over the trail of his gun. Another dead Japanese soldier. Motor transport passes through the village.

35mm