Indian Engineers of 17th Indian Division clear Japanese mines from the village of Kandaung prior to IV Corps' drive on Rangoon, capital of Burma.

Wide shot of a road with Indian Sappers and Miners at work. A Japanese anti-personnel mine is unearthed and its detonator removed. A glass bulb apparently full of prussic (hydrocyanic) acid. A Japanese Molotov cocktail. A Sherman medium tank of 255th Indian Tank Brigade tows a captured Japanese Type 90 75mm anti-tank gun. A tank (possibly named 'Bhatona') with infantry riding on its rear hull. Japanese artillery shells, scattered across a road, are picked up by Indian Engineers. Men at work with metal detectors. Two Indians dig out a square box, possibly a wooden Type 3 Mk B mine. Another digs out an artillery shell; its size suggests 105mm calibre.

Notes

The glass bulb is a type of Japanese chemical grenade. Designed for use in confined spaces or against tanks, the shattering of the glass would release a quantity of acid which would evolve hydrogen cyanide gas. This gas is highly toxic and, under the tradename 'Zyklon B' was used for genocidal purposes by the Nazis. Other versions of this grenade also existed which produced smoke or tear gas.

Kandaung, on the Rangoon road between Meiktila and Yindaw, was cleared by 1st Battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles on the day this film was shot.