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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
The army use deceptive tactics in order to mislead the Japanese in preparation for the crossing of the ...
A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd ...
Three senior air officers talking in front of a parked North American Harvard aircraft; one is an Air Marshal (possibly ...
1,403 freed Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees board the RMS Orbita at Rangoon, Burma, for repatriation, ...
Former Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Siam (Thailand), board a landing craft to a ...
After the victory at Tamu, Burma, troops of 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders retire to a rest ...
RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft, operating from Chandina, seen resupplying troops with food and ammunition at Murdoch and Taung ...
Supplies are packed for parachute drops from RAF transport aircraft, with aerial footage of Rangoon, Burma.
Aerial footage showing ...
RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft fly liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs) to Rangoon, Burma, from Don Muang ...
More footage relating to an Gang Show organised by an RAF Welfare Unit on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma.
Chevrolet ...
Scenes from an RAF Gang Show performance on Akyab Island (now Sittwe, Burma).
Two Chevrolet 1.5-ton lorries drive past ...
RAF personnel leave Rangoon, Burma, by ship for leave, postings, and repatriation.
Rangoon harbour; a temporary bridge leads to ...
Several British planes carry out dive bombing attacks in the distance and smoke is seen rising from the area.
Notes
Mandalay, Burma's ...
Men of the RAF Regiment man gun positions on troopships in the Rangoon River before sailing for Singapore.
RAF ...
Men of an RAF Regiment Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron make an amphibious landing at Rangoon, Burma.
Group Captain Harold Pleasance, ...
An RAF Repair and Salvage Unit recovers a crashed Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber near Sagaing, Burma.
A jeep and a ...
Air Commodore Mellersh RAF, Air Commander Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command and Air Vice Marshal Stevens of ...
In order to get the railways of Burma in working condition a company of Indian Engineers salvages rolling ...
Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops ...
An experimental Type B Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) is assembled and launched, with some difficulty, on the River ...
Scenes of airfield preparation, fighter and RAF Regiment operations and airfield life on Ramree Island, Burma.
Panning shots of ...
Japanese General Heitaro Kimura and senior staff officers surrender their swords at the headquarters of Twelfth Army at ...
In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...
British engineers and infantry of 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (29th Brigade, 36th Division) seen at work on ...
Harbour of Akyab Island, Burma, with Merchant Marine ships anchored offshore and the unloading of supplies to landing ...
A survey of the damage done to the Ava Bridge over the Irrawaddy River, Burma, is carried out ...
Documentary on the war in Burma.
An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.
Description of the logistic problems of ...
Scenes of the aftermath of a raid by Japanese aircraft against the motor transport of 123rd Brigade and ...
After a sharp rain shower washes away a temporary diversion on the Sittang River south of Toungoo, Burma, ...
Views of the River Chindwin, Burma, as seen from a DUKW ('duck') amphibious truck.
Landscape view of the River ...
Men of the 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, manhandling Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns over muddy ground in Yambo, Burma.
Troops ...
Bad road conditions caused by monsoon rains around Yambo, Burma.
Muddy conditions for 72nd Brigade 36th Division make driving ...
Reel 1: A goods train drives towards camera with its drivers or stokers leaning out from the footplate. A sign ...
Scenes on the road lines of communication from Dimapur, India, to Kalewa, Burma.
Aerial footage of the road in ...
Armoured vehicles and motor transport of 63 Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen on the road to Rangoon, Burma.
A ...
A jeep carrying four men and towing a trailer full of medical supplies pulls up. Two men examine the trailer ...
Civilians in Sadaung, southeast of Meiktila, Burma, welcome RAF officers who helped reclaim their village from the Japanese.
Salvation army workers among the Bhil tribesmen, caring for Burmese and Ceylonese children, and the work of the Catherine Booth ...
Indian Engineers of 17th Indian Division clear Japanese mines from the village of Kandaung prior to IV Corps' ...
Scenes after the reoccupation of Rangoon including a Muslim parade, troops marching, captured Japanese weaponry and views of ...
Travelogue films showing indigenous life in the interwar period, filmed by the British traveller, linguist, spy and author ...
36th Indian Infantry Brigade land at Rangoon, capital of Burma, to complete the occupation of the city by ...
Footage of SEAC (South East Asia Command) in Burma, taken by US cameraman.
I. A 4.5-inch gun is towed by ...
Jack Lawson, Secretary of State for War in Clement Attlee's newly-elected Labour government, addresses an audience of troops ...
Jack Lawson, Secretary of State for War in Clement Attlee's newly-elected Labour government, arrives by air at Mingaladon ...