The War against Japan
Series
- Series Name
- War Pictorial News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- The manufacture in the factory of thicker armour, for use in the war against Japan. Field trials between a Churchill Mark 7 tank, a Churchill Mark 4, Sherman, Crusader, Comet, Challenger and Cromwell over a very hard course. Tanks are seen on the job in Burma, moving up to Rangoon. Australian airmen photographed in action; a low level bombing attack. An advance Gurkha patrol march towards Pegu. They unearth a bomb buried by the Japanese. British troops share cigarettes, fruit and bread with the Burmese. US NATIONAL ARCHIVE ENTRY: 13 min, sd, B&W, 35mm Reel 1 Part 2 Tanks are manufactured and tested in London. Reel 1 Part 3 Gurkha troops advance near Pegu, Burma, protected by strafing Australian planes. Burmese civilians are fed. Record Group 208 Accession 3276
- Keywords
- Vehicles; Weapons; Aviation; Military
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- John Redway
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Film Archive
- Name
- Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- film@iwm.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
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- 020 7416 5291
- Fax
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- Address
- Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ - Notes
- The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
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How to cite this record
'The War against Japan', War Pictorial News Issue No. 221, 30 Jul 1945. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/156433 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)