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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
Footage showing the feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in Rangoon, shortly ...
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a ceremonial feeding of the poor as part of ...
The operation of a ferry across the Irrawaddy River (Burma) using DUKWs as towing vehicles.
A ferry made up ...
Field Marshal Lord Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Rangoon as part of ...
RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).
Kangaw, on ...
At Yindaw, Burma, 7.2-inch howitzers of 8th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, are seen firing on Japanese positions.
Series of ...
The distribution of supplies to local Burmese people in Lingadipa, Burma.
The men of 100th Brigade 20th Indian Division ...
Scenes of two football matches on the Indo-Burma border, including England versus Scotland and a local RAF team ...
Following closely behind the advancing British troops in Burma the Madras Sappers and Miners build an airstrip at ...
Film opens with captions detailing the history of, and current work of, the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU). "1914-1918 Ambulance trains ...
A record of an expedition from Burma to China. The film includes landscape shots, scenes of agriculture, market and street ...
An edited production by the SEAC Film Unit (British) shows how 'SEAC', the newspaper of South East Asia ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits east African troops in Rangoon, capital ...
General Sir George Giffard, commander of 11th Army Group, visits 25th Indian Division during a tour of inspection ...
With the Japanese capitulation General Heitaro Kimura and his staff surrender their swords to their British counterparts in ...
General Sir George Giffard, Commander-in-Chief 11th Army Group, inspects his forward troops near Tamu on the Indian-Burmese border.
General ...
American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) presents the Bronze Star to four British soldiers at ...
General Thomas Wynford Rees, commander of 19th Indian Division, and General Montagu Stopford, commander of XXXIII Indian Corps, ...
A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...
The newly returned Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, attends a civic reception in Rangoon and makes a ...