Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Burma - Clearing the Jungle

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
816A
Date Released
25 Jan 1945
Date submitted
Jan 1945
Date submitted
19 Jan 1945
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Section Title
Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Burma - Raid on Jap Bases & Capture of Kennedy Peak. DESCRIPTION: The news from Burma continues to be encouraging, the RAF have bombed the railway yards at Pyinmana attempting to cut Japanese supply lines. Another film despatch shows the capture of Kennedy Peak, which was the next Japanese stronghold to be taken after the fall of Tiddim. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Native (chinese) ground crews at work. Liberators on airfield, taxi, & take-off. Formations in flight, also CU of one. Bombs falling, & hundreds of incendiaries. Over target, Pyinmana, explosions etc. Pyinmana are railway yards. Liberators in flight, over another target, supply dump at Taungup. Bombs falling more explosions. At Kennedy Peak, British troops in action in the jungle, various shots of jungle fighting, tanks move forward through jungle. Troops charge one falls injured. Plane flies overhead. Bren gunners, several in action, mortars being fired. Soldiers fire machine guns in pillbox, finish on shot of troops holding up Japanese flag.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Railways; War damage; Occupied territories; Engineering; Military
Footage sources
Indian News Parade
Royal Air Force Film Unit [RAFFU]
Card file number
45447
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
202
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Burma - Clearing the Jungle', British Movietone News Issue No. 816A, 25 Jan 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13354 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)