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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
A senior British officer of 26th Indian Division meets Burmese civilians.
A group of servicemen, presumably Army officers, seen ...
Scenes after the reoccupation of Rangoon including a march past of troops, church service of thanksgiving, and landing ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division lay on a special party for children, recently released from Japanese internment, in ...
Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, visits a forward airfield on the Mandalay Front, Burma.
Air Marshal ...
Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, visits Rangoon, Burma.
RAF ensign flying from a flagpole. Air Marshal ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, newly appointed commander of 14th Army, arrives by air at Mingaladon airfield in Rangoon, ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits 11th East African Division.
At an ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits a variety of locations in ...
Scenes of a Roman Catholic Mass held in a pagoda at Sadaung, Burma.
Pagoda spires. Several takes of an ...
An intelligence officer briefs pilots of RAF 136 Squadron at Rumkhapalong airfield, whose Supermarine Spitfires kick up clouds ...
From a true story - School pupil Maung Ba at school writes an essay on why he will remain a ...
The 81st West African Division is in the process of pushing the Japanese from Mowdok, India (Bangladesh) to ...
Supplies are dropped from a Dakota to a forward Army division, and local Burmese villagers are employed to ...
RAF Supermarine Spitfires of RAF 155 Squadron escort Douglas Dakota transport aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force ...
Film showing the movement of supplies from the port of Chittagong, India (Bangladesh), to Dohazari and onwards by ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, is seen en route to Singapore with General ...
The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits Mandalay, Burma, with other senior ...
The Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits officers and men of 3rd Special ...
The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, meets troops of 2nd Division, probably ...
The Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, meets troops of 2nd Division.
A jeep marked ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command (SEAC), arrives by air in Rangoon, Burma, ...
The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, makes a tour of inspection of ...
Japanese troops, probably of 53rd Division, 33rd Army, surrender their arms and equipment to men of 1st Battalion, ...