Views from Mandalay Hill, Burma, of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns and BL 5.5-inch medium guns shelling Japanese sniper positions in a Buddhist pagoda.

A pagoda being shelled and on fire as Brigadier Stevens and Lieutenant-General Montagu Stopford watch the battle unfold. 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, who had recently been sniped at, wait for the sniper to give away his position. P-47 Thunderbolts dive bomb enemy positions in Fort Dufferin, a Japanese stronghold. A captured Japanese Type 1 47mm Anti-Tank Gun is inspected and loaded.

Notes

Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great importance due to its prestige value and logistical connections, and was also the site of a large Japanese supply dump.

Brigadier Stevens is probably Brigadier J F D Stevens, chief gunner of XXXIII Corps.

Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. See related items.

Camera: DeVry 4820