Jungles In Arakan (1940)

Unissued, unused material dates and location unclear, though possibly of 14th Army fighting in northern Arakan between Febrary and May 1944. Possibly the Arakan area of Burma. Pan across jungle area. British and Indian troops are on the ground. LS of American Liberator bombers flying overhead. VS of planes and bombing raid. Good shots of a howitzer, field gun laying artillery barrage in tree covered mountains. Various shots of tanks advancing. MS of troops firing Vickers machine gun. CU of gunner smoking pipe. Good shots of British, Indian troops advancing through jungle. They check out a captured Japanese camp. VS of injured Prisoner of War carried away on stretcher. VS of soldiers checking through things left behind by the Japanese, including flag. VS of injured POWs and of dead bodies being carried away by Indian troops. Various shots of troops unloaded pack mules and crossing river in small boats. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV.