... ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

After a service of thanksgiving in Rangoon to mark the end of the war in Europe the troops of 26th Indian Division stage a march past.

Officers arrive by jeep. March past; the cameraman ...

... services accompanying the troops to Japan; woman nearest camera has the badge of the Red Cross & St John Ambulance Joint War Organisation. Medium close-up of a WAS(B). Close-up of a young lady with fair hair. Festing chats informally with a number of ...

... are not identified on the dopesheet, but 1st Medium Regiment and 44th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment were part of XXXIII Indian Corps. Corresponding still photographs, held by the Imperial War Museum's Photograph Archive identify 1st Medium Regiment.

... Burmans', the cameraman does not actually name any of them.

Bayly and Harper name some of the dignitaries as including Sir Paw Tun (pre-war Prime Minister), Htoon Aung Gyaw (adviser to Dorman-Smith) and U Ba U (high court judge) in addition to Major- ...

... for the Special Commissioner South East Asia, Lord Killearn. Killearn was charged with coordinating the food supply across the region, which had been severely disrupted by the war.

For other film of Burmese rice cultivation, see related items.

... collided with another Liberator of the same squadron and both disintegrated. All aboard both aircraft were killed. McKee, and the nineteen other aircrew of the two bombers, are buried in the CWGC Maynamati War Cemetery, near Comilla in Bangladesh.

... Sidney Woodcock was airborne off Rangoon with his pilot, Flight Lieutenant John Buchanan, in Mosquito HR446 'Z' of RAF 110 Squadron (also based at Joari at this point). They failed to return and are buried in adjacent plots in Rangoon War Cemetery.

... his period of captivity and was flown again at the Japanese surrender in September 1945. In 1965 the flag was acquired by the Imperial War Museum and its reference number is below. See related items.

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... his period of captivity and was flown again at the Japanese surrender in September 1945. In 1965 the flag was acquired by the Imperial War Museum and its reference number is below. See related items.

For additional coverage see related items.

... his period of captivity and was flown again at the Japanese surrender in September 1945. In 1965 the flag was acquired by the Imperial War Museum and its reference number is below. See related items.

For additional coverage see related items.

... operations against Sabang and Surabaya, the importance of destroying the aggressor nations, and the French commitment to the Allied war effort despite the fall of France.

Two-reel unedited film showing the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, ...

... gun being fired.

In the 'Railway Corridor' of northern Burma, troops of 36th Division advance on Pinwe.

Notes

Gives a good impression of the terrain and conditions of the fighting during this phase of the war in northern Burma.