26TH INDIAN DIVISION PARADE IN RANGOON (15/5/1945)
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: JFU 255).
Synopsis
Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.
Troops of 5th Battalion 9th Jat Regiment, 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles, 2nd Battalion Indian Parachute Regiment, and 8th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles, led by Brigadier Lauder (commander 36th Brigade) parade through Rangoon and the salute is taken by Major-General Chambers, General Officer Commanding 26th Indian Division and Military Governor of Rangoon.
Notes
Additional coverage by Sergeant Bryan-Smyth. See related items.
Due to the heavily overcast monsoon weather this footage is rather murky and underlit.
Rangoon was reoccupied after an unopposed amphibious landing (Operation Dracula) by 26th Indian Division on 3 May 1945.
Titles
- 26TH INDIAN DIVISION PARADE IN RANGOON (15/5/1945) (Allocated)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1945
- Running Time:
- 4 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 278 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- War Office Directorate of Public Relations
- cameraman.
- Higgins, K G (Sergeant)
- Production company
- SEAC Film Unit
