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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary negotiations for surrender of Japanese forces ...
Japanese emissaries, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata, sign an instrument of surrender in Rangoon, Burma.
Lieutenant-General Numata (Chief of ...
Japanese envoys sign a preliminary treaty at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.
Interior footage with live sound in the hall ...
Japanese envoys sign a preliminary agreement at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.
Interior footage shot from a high point looking ...
Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...
Japanese artillery pieces which have been captured in and around the town of Meiktila, central Burma, are lined ...
Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by British troops of 19th Indian Division ...
Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian ...
Japanese prisoners are seen receiving medical treatment at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station at Pegu, Burma.
Rows of sick ...
Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a ...
After the abandonment of the Japanese assault on Imphal, British and Indian troops of 5th Indian Division are ...
A young Gurkha boy, Jimmy Nathu, at work and play with an RAF squadron at Tabingaung, Burma.
Shot of ...
Film about RAF, and especially Transport Command, in the Far East.
The only means of supplying troops in the ...
Reel 1: Hawker Hurricanes airborne and taxiing at beach airstrip 'Hove' on the Arakan coast. Men undressing behind Hurricane (later ...
Amateur film showing Kashmir, Kabul, a yogi hanging over a fire, the Shan States and leg rowers on Inle lake.
No ...
Travelogue.
Travelogue of Burma showing Buddhist sites in Rangoon and Mandalay and a look at Burmese life. Includes a teak sawmill ...
Men of 5th Maratha (Mahratta) Regiment reinforce landing sites around Setkhaw, Burma, which were taken during the night ...
British troops of 3rd Special Service Brigade land unopposed on a beach on Akyab Island (Sittwe), in the ...
Signallers of the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment lay a line across the Shweli River, Burma from Battalion ...