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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
RAF personnel leave Rangoon, Burma, by ship for leave, postings, and repatriation.
Rangoon harbour; a temporary bridge leads to ...
Several British planes carry out dive bombing attacks in the distance and smoke is seen rising from the area.
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Mandalay, Burma's ...
Men of the RAF Regiment man gun positions on troopships in the Rangoon River before sailing for Singapore.
RAF ...
Men of an RAF Regiment Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron make an amphibious landing at Rangoon, Burma.
Group Captain Harold Pleasance, ...
An RAF Repair and Salvage Unit recovers a crashed Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber near Sagaing, Burma.
A jeep and a ...
In order to get the railways of Burma in working condition a company of Indian Engineers salvages rolling ...
Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops ...
An experimental Type B Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) is assembled and launched, with some difficulty, on the River ...
Scenes of airfield preparation, fighter and RAF Regiment operations and airfield life on Ramree Island, Burma.
Panning shots of ...
Japanese General Heitaro Kimura and senior staff officers surrender their swords at the headquarters of Twelfth Army at ...
In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...
Harbour of Akyab Island, Burma, with Merchant Marine ships anchored offshore and the unloading of supplies to landing ...
A survey of the damage done to the Ava Bridge over the Irrawaddy River, Burma, is carried out ...
An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.
Description of the logistic problems of ...
Documentary on the war in Burma.
Scenes of the aftermath of a raid by Japanese aircraft against the motor transport of 123rd Brigade and ...
After a sharp rain shower washes away a temporary diversion on the Sittang River south of Toungoo, Burma, ...
Views of the River Chindwin, Burma, as seen from a DUKW ('duck') amphibious truck.
Landscape view of the River ...
Men of the 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, manhandling Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns over muddy ground in Yambo, Burma.
Troops ...
Bad road conditions caused by monsoon rains around Yambo, Burma.
Muddy conditions for 72nd Brigade 36th Division make driving ...
Reel 1: A goods train drives towards camera with its drivers or stokers leaning out from the footplate. A sign ...
Armoured vehicles and motor transport of 63 Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen on the road to Rangoon, Burma.
A ...