A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held at Government House, Rangoon, with Lord Mountbatten in attendance.

RAF detachment presenting arms. Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, inspecting naval personnel. Inspecting a detachment of 4th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment. Inspecting the RAF detachment. RAF detachment gives the general salute and the flag is struck. Mountbatten meets the Aletawya Sayadaw, a very senior pongyi (Buddhist priest). Mountbatten meets British officers and Burmese civil officials. He addresses a crowd.

Notes

The Rangoon garrison evacuated in the face of advancing Japanese troops on 7 March 1942. It was not reoccupied until May 1945 and between May and 16 October 1945 was run by a British Military Administration. This film, while unremarkable visually, represents nonetheless a key phase in Burma's history and the wider history of British Asia.