Not long after the liberation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, and the end of the war in Europe, a celebratory victory race meeting is held at Rangoon racecourse.

View from the grandstand at Rangoon racecourse; a crowd watches a tonga/tanga (pony and cart) race. The crowd watch a bullock cart race. View of the grandstand. Three (junior?) officers spectating; they wear the triangular 'Tiger's Head' patch of 26th Indian Division. View of the crowd; some are carrying umbrellas against the sun. Two 'pongyis' or Buddhist monks in their robes and carrying parasols. View from the track of the pony race. Spectators. High view over the course. Servicemen watching the races. Ponies are paraded around a paddock. Major-General Chambers, commanding officer of 26th Indian Division and Military Governor of Rangoon, seen sitting in the grandstand with two other officers of his division. The finish of a relay race; the winner is a tall and lanky (Indian?) man. The winner seen with two Indian soldiers. View of the course with an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun in the foreground, presumably placed as some sort of exhibit rather than as a weapon ready for action. Major-General Chambers presents prizes to the race winners. More servicemen spectating. Chambers speaks with a jockey. Spectators watching from behind a rail. The finish of the pony race. Chambers presents a prize to the owner of the winning horse. The owner, holding a small trophy, is seen with a diminutive jockey and a number of servicemen.

Notes

Rangoon fell to an unopposed amphibious invasion on 3 May 1945. The war in Europe ended on 8 May following a catastrophic battle in Berlin.