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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
A coordinated attack takes place on Japanese positions along the Pindale to Mahlaing road north of Meiktila. Burma, ...
United States Army Air Force medium bombers attack pockets of Japanese resistance after the capture of Yamethin, Burma.
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Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June ...
Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather, in the Burmese capital Rangoon, 15 June 1945.
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Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma on 15 June ...
Close-ups of senior Allied officers, shot for editing purposes, during an Allied victory parade in Rangoon, Burma.
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Aerial shots of the damage done to Myitkyina, Burma, by American forces in the area who were shelling the Japanese ...
Scenes of Supermarine Sea Otter amphibious biplanes in flight and the burning wreckage of a Sea Otter shot ...
Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen aboard HMS Prins Albert before making an amphibious landing ...
Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the ...
A Gurkha of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Gurkha Rifles has a leg amputated in a field hospital at ...
Part of an RAF Wing and an RAF Regiment Squadron moves across some difficult terrain to a new ...
32nd Army (Blood) Transfusion Unit work at a forward airfield to save the lives of soldiers from IV ...
Lord Munster, Under-Secretary of State for India, arrives in the Arakan, Burma
Earl of Munster arriving at an RAF ...
A battery of the 1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action as support for the beachhead operations of ...
1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action near Myinmu, Burma.
An artillery piece is loaded and fired on Japanese ...
Concerted attacks by the RAF and British Army on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma are seen both from the ...
A mortar battery of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, along with tanks and aircraft, supports an attack on ...
Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and ...
Pilots of an Artillery Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron, attached to 26th Indian Division, practice landing in confined ...
INTEREST. Travelogue. Scenes in and around Rangoon, Burma.
No main title. "Famille de Birmans" (5). A village, a group of children ...
INTEREST. Lumbering in New Zealand and Burma.
Titles (27). New Zealand lumberjacks felling large tree by axe, sawing trunk into sections, ...
Wide shot showing a very large structure built of Bailey bridging sections. Men of the Madras Sappers and Miners heaving ...
RAF Liberators bomb defences in support of amphibious landings against Rangoon, Burma.
Aerial footage of Spitfires in the distance. ...
His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, ...
A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded ...
At 30 West African Field Dressing Station at Kyaukpyu, volunteers from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines give ...
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...
Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded ...
A video made for Steel Brothers from original 35mm film to record their timber operations in the forests of Burma ...
Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.
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Landings are made on beaches at Ramree Island with survey shots of damaged and destroyed buildings on the ...
17th Indian Division IV Corps on the road between Nyaungu and Meiktila, Burma.
Sherman tanks of Probyn's Horse (5th ...
Troops and armour are carried across the Irrawaddy River, Burma, at Myinze by a mixture of DUKWs and ...
Brigadier R G Collingwood, commander of 33rd Brigade (7th Indian Division) holds a conference of officers on the ...
On Ramree Island off the Arakan coast of Burma, local civilians welcome British troops, who go sightseeing with ...
For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BURMA STAFFORD CRIPPS RETURNS FROM INDIA SIR STAFFORD ...
For a detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: 'TRAIN BUSTNG' MUSTANGS KING AND QUEEN VISIT U.S. AIRFIELDS ROYAL CHILDREN ...
For detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: UNITED NATIONS DAY IN CAIRO TRANSPORT PROBLEMS IN BURMA The KING CONFERS ...
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Items include: MOSQUITOES GET STINGS IN MASS PRODUCTION CHINESE SET FOR BURMA OFFENSIVE P.M. ...
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GENERAL EISENHOWER TAKES OVER NEW COMMAND SNOWFALL HINDERS EIGHTH ARMY ASSEMBLY LINE ...
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TIRPITZ BLITZED. NAVAL AIRCRAFT IN ACTION JAPANESE DEFEAT IN BURMA. 14TH ARMY ...