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.

Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, inspects troops on parade outside Government House. Looking towards Government House with Mountbatten delivering his Order of the Day. Troops sloping arms. A Union flag is lowered. Mountbatten shaking hands with officers and Burmese civil officials. Addressing a crowd from a platform with reverse angle.

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.