Rangoon 25 January 1942. Views of a busy street with several civilians running (hurrying for shelter after an air raid alarm was sounded, according to the cameraman's Dope Sheet). View across the Hlaing river. View of the Grand Pagoda. Heavily laden hand cart is pushed and pulled along a road. View of a church tower and well-kept formal garden. Rickshaws passing along a street. Various street views including a man carrying a bed (?) on his head and another man holding a loaf of bread carrying a newspaper with headline (?) SWADESA PARIPALANI.

Burma, 27 January 1942. 2nd Pursuit Squadron, American Volunteer Group (AVG). Trucks on airfield. Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk fighter aircraft taking off. Bristol Blenheim aircraft coming in to land. Close-up of the sign for the 2nd Pursuit Squadron. Close-up of the Chinese "ringed star" insignia on an aircraft wing. Medium shot of a group of AVG personnel under the shade of a large tree. Ground crew working on a Tomahawk aircraft. Tomahawk aircraft taxiing along the runway. Close-up of a pilot getting out of the cockpit of a Tomahawk aircraft. A different pilot seated in the cockpit of a Tomahawk aircraft. Long shot of a squadron of aircraft flying overhead. Bowser drives up to a parked Tomahawk aircraft. Various shots of Tomahawk aircraft on airfield. Pilot J D Cross getting our of the cockpit of his Tomahawk aircraft (13). View from above of a pilot getting out of the cockpit of his Tomahawk aircraft and walking way from the aircraft. Tomahawk aircraft being refuelled from a bowser. Man lying on a bench outside a large tent, then answering a telephone. Group of pilots looking at a map and then running to their aircraft. Various shots of Tomahawk aircraft taxiing and taking off. Views of the airfield buildings. Tomahawk aircraft (51) coming to a halt after landing. Various shots of Tomahawk aircraft taxiing. Long shots of aircraft in flight.

Rangoon, 25 January 1942. View of streets from the rear of a moving vehicle, showing civilians, transport, buildings, a tram, and shops. View over a bomb damaged area, destroyed and damaged buildings, a burnt-out lorry, a makeshift shrine and broken crockery. Panning shot across the same damaged area. Sign "Corporation of Rangoon. Maternity and Child Welfare Centre," Road sign "No Entry".

Mute, unedited footage shot by British Paramount News cameraman, Maurice Ford, Burma, January 1942

Notes

Above stories relate to Maurice Ford's shipment number 104 and 106 (as noted on the original Dope Sheets).

For the British Paramount newsreel including footage shot by Maurice Ford in Burma, 1942, see issue no 1173, IWM film ref NPA 1173.