5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ENTRY TO YAMETHIN [Allocated Title]

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Object description

As part of IV Corps' drive on Rangoon, capital of Burma, 123rd Brigade of 5th Indian Division occupy the town of Yamethin, on the Rangoon road.

Full description

General view of Yamethin. Troops of 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment entering Yamethin. Two of the soldiers are unspooling telephone cable from a drum. Troops advancing with bayonets fixed and rifles held at the ready. Troops advancing; one of them carries a No.58 Wireless Set on his back. An extremely brief glimpse of an aircraft passing low overhead, possibly an RAF Supermarine Spitfire. Bomb damage on the railway line to Rangoon. Diamond T tank transporters carry Sherman medium tanks (presumably of 255th Indian Tank Brigade) along a very dusty road.

Physical description

35mm

Object details

Category: Film
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Higgins, K G (Production individual)
Production date: 1945-04-14
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: JFU 175

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