Burma

Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar. 

 
 
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TIDDIM VILLAGE OCCUPIED BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION (20/10/1944) (1944)

After fierce fighting British and Indian soldiers inspect the damage to the town of Tiddim, Burma.

General view of ...

 

TRANSPORTING MEN AND SUPPLIES ACROSS IRRAWADDY FOR... (1945)

After crossing the Irrawaddy River, Burma, troops of the 33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division consolidate the bridgehead ...

 

TRANSPORTING TANKS OF PROBYN'S HORSE ACROSS THE IRRAWADDY... (1945)

Sherman medium tanks of 5th (Probyn's) Horse, 255th Indian Tank Brigade being carried on rafts across the Irrawaddy ...

 

TROOPS DISEMBARK FROM HMS ROEBUCK TO LCI (13/3/1945) (1945)

HMS Roebuck anchors on the Thanzit River (Burma) to disembark troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade into LCIs ...

 

UNITED STATES TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT IN BURMA (1944 (?)) (1944)

Men seen leaving US transport aircraft in Burma.

A United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Dakota (C-47 Skytrain) transport ...

 

US GENERAL OLD PRESENTS RAF TRANSPORT PILOTS WITH THE... (1944)

Brigadier General William Old, head of Troop Carrier Command, decorates five RAF Wing Commanders with the American Distinguished ...

 

USE OF FLOATING DOCKS AT RANGOON (15/8/1945) (1945)

Film demonstrating the use of a floating dock on the Rangoon river, Burma.

At Rangoon docks a wide shot ...

 

VARIOUS SCENES FROM 2ND DIVISION, 5TH INDIAN DIVISION,... (1944)

Part 1: Near Milestone 82 on the Manipur Road a signpost gives the distance to Worcester (5,100 miles, 'no way ...

 

VARIOUS SCENES OF 5TH INDIAN DIVISION AT KALEMYO (18/11/1944) (1944)

Scenes of mortar training, a crashed Japanese bomber, mountainous scenery, a wounded Japanese prisoner and captured equipment, and ...

 

VARIOUS SCENES OF AN IMPROVISED KITCHEN AND POST OFFICE... (1944)

An Anti-Tank Regiment enjoy the pleasure of an improvised oven and a well-organised post office at their camp ...

 

VICTORY PARADE (1946) enhanced entry

Colonial troops in England for the Victory Parade on 8 June 1946.

Colonial troops arrive in Britain for the Victory Parade. ...

 

VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (6/1945) (1945)

With the fall of the Burmese capital Rangoon the Allies stage a victory parade.

A podium with dignitaries and ...

 

VICTORY RACE MEETING IN RANGOON (14/5/1945) (1945)

Not long after the liberation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, and the end of the war in Europe, ...

 

VIEWS FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE, RANGOON: PARADE BEFORE... (1945)

A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...

 

VILLAGE LIFE IN BURMA (1937)

Scenes in the neighbourhood of Kappali, Burma, the site of a S.P.G. mission station.

 

VILLAGERS IN THE ARAKAN CELEBRATE THE BURMESE WATER... (1945)

Burmese villagers of Ywama village, six miles west of Kindaunggyi, north of Taungup in the Arakan, Burma, celebrate ...

 

VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY TO 36TH DIVISION ROMAN... (1945)

Visit of the Reverend T Roberts, Society of Jesus, Archbishop of Bombay and Vicar Delegate to His Majesty's ...

 

VISIT OF GENERAL DAN SULTAN TO 36TH DIVISION (14/2/1945) (1945)

United States Army Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) arrives in his private Douglas C47 Skytrain ...

 

VISIT OF GENERAL SIR OLIVER LEESE TO MEIKTILA (21/3/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General Leese pays a visit to IV Corps which has been fighting in the Meiktila region of central ...

 

VISIT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BROWNING TO TAMANDU AND... (1945)

Lieutenant-General F A M Browning, Chief of Staff of South East Asia Command, visits positions held by the ...

 

VISIT OF LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN TO MANDALAY (22/3/1945) (1945)

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, visits the officers and men who helped ...

 

VISIT OF SIR OLIVER LEESE AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SULTAN... (1944)

Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia, and American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan visit the ...

 

VISIT OF SIR OLIVER LEESE TO OFFICERS AND MEN OF IV... (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits IV Indian Corps in Burma.

An ...

 

VISITS OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM SLIM AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL... (1945)

The visit of Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim to 2nd Division area at Ondaw, Burma.

Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, commander ...

 

WAR IN THE AIR NO 7 - THE RISING SUN (1954)

Seventh film in a series showing the story of air power and its impact on the world. This ...

 

WAR IN THE EAST (1941)

An explanation of the background to the War in the Far East and of its probable strategic development, ...

 

WAR PICTORIAL NEWS NO 161 (5/6/1944) (1944) enhanced entry

I. 'BURMA.' British Fourteenth Army M3 Stuart light tanks and soft-skinned vehicles drive along a jungle track during the fighting ...

 

WATERPOINT AT 277 MILESTONE ON THE ROAD TO RANGOON... (1945)

Indian Engineers (possibly of 44th Field Park Company) of 5th Indian Division, IV Indian Corps, use bulldozers to ...

WELFARE WITH ITS FINGER OUT (2/1944)

WELFARE WITH ITS FINGER OUT (2/1944) (1944)has video enhanced entry

Film presumably intended for distribution in RAF camp cinemas in India and Burma illustrates the work done by ...

WEST AFRICA WAS THERE

WEST AFRICA WAS THERE (1945)has video enhanced entry

Film account of the part played by the 81st and 82nd (West African) Divisions in the third Arakan ...

 

WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN BURMA (27/7/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Aerial footage showing a Royal Candian Air Force (RCAF) Douglas Dakota transport aircraft in flight; the aircraft is ...

 

WOMEN OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE (BURMA) AT SHILLONG... (1944)

Women of the Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma), known as WAS(B)s, provide a mobile canteen service to British and ...

 

WORKSHOP COMPANY SALVAGES CIVILIAN MOTOR TRANSPORT... (1945)

Electrical and Mechanical Engineers salvage damaged civilian motor vehicles in Rangoon, capital of Burma, following its capture by ...

 

XV INDIAN CORPS PLANNING CONFERENCE (18/2/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Christison KBE CB MC leading a planning conference at Division HQ situated at Myebon, Burma

Present ...