British soldiers and supplies wait on a rough road. A jeep and trailer come along the road; there is a steep drop on one side of the road and the jeep looks perilously close to the edge. A truck comes towards camera. British troops with tin hats on and carrying their Lee Enfield rifles move through the jungle. (This sequence is very dark). A destroyed Japanese Ha-Go tank is passed by British soldiers. 3-inch mortars are fired by the men of 351st Battery 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery on Japanese positions. Men look at debris as they rest in the jungle (debris is hard to identify but could possibly be a crashed plane). Long shot of a tank on the road ahead. Long shot of Japanese bunkers on a hillside.

Two Indian soldiers man, and fire, a Vickers machine gun in heavy jungle. A mortar is fired. Men of 351st Battery 36th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery sit around drinking and eating. RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers bomb a hilltop; explosions can be seen. Bomb sites on the hill; undergrowth has been destroyed. Hurribombers on more bomb runs and explosions are visible. An M3 General Grant tank is stopped at the corner of a road and fires several times.

5th Indian Division advance on Japanese positions around Kennedy Peak, near Tiddim, Burma.

Notes

On 8 July 1944 the Japanese Army finally abandoned its attempts to capture Imphal. There followed a period of pursuit south along the road from Imphal to Tiddim (along the 'Tiddim Road') 120 miles away. Tiddim itself was occupied on 17 October, after which the pursuit continued as far as Kalemyo.

The dopesheet identifies the mortar battery as being from 36th Anti-Tank Regiment. However, there was no such regiment in 5th Indian Division or any higher formation. Given that other dopesheets refer to 351st Battery, 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, this would seem to be a simple error on the part of the cameraman.

Dopesheet also refers to Jats, so the Indian troops seen may be of 3rd Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment, part of the divisional infantry.

For more footage relating to Tiddim and the Tiddim Road, see related items.