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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
Off-duty RAF ground crew from a nearby forward airstrip spend a few hours visiting the ancient Burmese capital ...
Film showing a battery of Priest 105mm self-propelled (SP) guns in action at Payagale, and Allied prisoners of ...
Confronted by a blown bridge on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma, tanks and motor vehicles of ...
A battery of Ordnance SB 4.2-inch mortars firing. At Hlegu chaung (river or watercourse) vehicles are hauled up the riverbank. ...
Film shot by Sergeant Abbott: Aerial footage; the camera looks through the windscreen of an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft ...
Just days after the capture of Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), central Burma, the town is used as ...
Amateur film shot by Captain Paddy O'Neill of the Indian Medical Service, Indian Army, while attached to the Federated Malay ...
20th Indian Division formed a bridgehead over the River Irrawaddy, crossing at Myinmu, Burma, on the night of ...
Reel 1: RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers overhead. Lee medium tanks driving along a dusty road. A Lee passes with infantry ...
The reinforcement of beachheads after a night attack across the Irrawaddy River, Burma.
Mortars explode and boats are used ...
At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a ...
Gunners of the Royal Artillery take up position by the village of Pinkan, Burma, and prepare to shell ...