Burma

Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar. 

 
 
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RAF MEN LEAVING RANGOON (7/1945) (1945)

RAF personnel leave Rangoon, Burma, by ship for leave, postings, and repatriation.

Rangoon harbour; a temporary bridge leads to ...

 

RAF PLANES DIVE BOMBING MANDALAY (13/3/1945) (1945)

Several British planes carry out dive bombing attacks in the distance and smoke is seen rising from the area.

Notes

Mandalay, Burma's ...

 

RAF REGIMENT BUILD-UP (25/8/1945) (1945)

Men of the RAF Regiment man gun positions on troopships in the Rangoon River before sailing for Singapore.

RAF ...

 

RAF REGIMENT LANDS AT RANGOON (5/1945) (1945)

Men of an RAF Regiment Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron make an amphibious landing at Rangoon, Burma.

Group Captain Harold Pleasance, ...

 

RAF REPAIR AND SALVAGE UNIT NEAR SAGAING, BURMA (2/1945) (1945)

An RAF Repair and Salvage Unit recovers a crashed Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber near Sagaing, Burma.

A jeep and a ...

 

RAILWAY STOCK RECOVERY NEAR MONYWA (21/3/1945) (1945)

In order to get the railways of Burma in working condition a company of Indian Engineers salvages rolling ...

 

RAISING THE FLAG IN FORT DUFFERIN (21/3/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops ...

 

RAMP CARGO LIGHTER ON THE RIVER YU (13/11/1945) (1945)

An experimental Type B Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) is assembled and launched, with some difficulty, on the River ...

 

RAMREE ISLAND AIRSTRIP (25/1/1945) (1945)

Scenes of airfield preparation, fighter and RAF Regiment operations and airfield life on Ramree Island, Burma.

Panning shots of ...

 

RANGOON, BURMA: SURRENDER OF SWORDS BY GENERAL KIMURA... (1945)

Japanese General Heitaro Kimura and senior staff officers surrender their swords at the headquarters of Twelfth Army at ...

 

RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY,... (1945)

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...

 

RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY,... (1945)

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...

 

REHABILITATION OF AKYAB (31/1/1945 (ca)) (1945)

Harbour of Akyab Island, Burma, with Merchant Marine ships anchored offshore and the unloading of supplies to landing ...

 

REPAIR OF AVA BRIDGE (23/3/1945) (1945)

A survey of the damage done to the Ava Bridge over the Irrawaddy River, Burma, is carried out ...

 

REPORT FROM BURMA (1945) enhanced entry

An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.

Description of the logistic problems of ...

 

REPORT FROM BURMA (1945)

Documentary on the war in Burma.

 

RESULTS OF ATTACK BY JAPANESE FIGHTER-BOMBERS ON THE... (1945)

Scenes of the aftermath of a raid by Japanese aircraft against the motor transport of 123rd Brigade and ...

 

RESULTS OF ATTACK BY ZEROS ON THE ROAD TO YAMETHIN... (1945)

Scenes of the aftermath of a raid by Japanese aircraft against the motor transport of 123rd Brigade and ...

 

RIVER AND RAIN DELAYS IV CORPS' RANGOON DRIVE (24/4/1945) (1945)

After a sharp rain shower washes away a temporary diversion on the Sittang River south of Toungoo, Burma, ...

 

RIVER CHINDWIN BY DUCK (2/1/1945) (1945)

Views of the River Chindwin, Burma, as seen from a DUKW ('duck') amphibious truck.

Landscape view of the River ...

 

ROAD CONDITIONS AROUND YAMBO (8/1/1945 (ca)) (1945)

Men of the 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, manhandling Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns over muddy ground in Yambo, Burma.

Notes

Troops ...

 

ROAD CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN BURMA (8/1/1945) (1945)

Bad road conditions caused by monsoon rains around Yambo, Burma.

Muddy conditions for 72nd Brigade 36th Division make driving ...

 

ROAD LINES OF COMMUNICATION FORWARD FROM DIMAPUR INTO... (1945)

Reel 1: A goods train drives towards camera with its drivers or stokers leaning out from the footplate. A sign ...

 

ROAD SCENES ON THE PUSH TOWARDS RANGOON (27/4/1945) (1945)

Armoured vehicles and motor transport of 63 Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen on the road to Rangoon, Burma.

A ...