Burma

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

 
 
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PREPARATIONS FOR DRIVE ON MANDALAY (10/2/1945) (1945)

The army use deceptive tactics in order to mislead the Japanese in preparation for the crossing of the ...

 

PREPARING GROUND FOR WHARF AND SUPPLY DUMP ON RAMREE... (1945)

A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd ...

 

PRISONERS OF WAR AT SAIGON (9/1945) (1945)

Three senior air officers talking in front of a parked North American Harvard aircraft; one is an Air Marshal (possibly ...

 

PRISONERS OF WAR BOARD RMS ORBITA FOR REPATRIATION... (1945)

1,403 freed Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees board the RMS Orbita at Rangoon, Burma, for repatriation, ...

 

PRISONERS OF WAR LIBERATED FROM SIAM EMBARK AT RANGOON... (1945)

Former Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Siam (Thailand), board a landing craft to a ...

 

QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS RESTING AFTER TAMU... (1944)

After the victory at Tamu, Burma, troops of 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders retire to a rest ...

 

RAF AIR RESUPPLY OPERATIONS FROM CHANDINA TO MURDOCH... (1944)

RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft, operating from Chandina, seen resupplying troops with food and ammunition at Murdoch and Taung ...

 

RAF AIR SUPPLY OPERATIONS NEAR RANGOON (7/1945) (1945)

Supplies are packed for parachute drops from RAF transport aircraft, with aerial footage of Rangoon, Burma.

Aerial footage showing ...

 

RAF EVACUATE ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR FROM THAILAND... (1945)

RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft fly liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs) to Rangoon, Burma, from Don Muang ...

 

RAF GANG SHOW ON AKYAB ISLAND, BURMA (21/1/1945) (1945)

More footage relating to an Gang Show organised by an RAF Welfare Unit on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma.

Chevrolet ...

 

RAF GANG SHOW ON AKYAB ISLAND, BURMA (26/1/1945) (1945)

Scenes from an RAF Gang Show performance on Akyab Island (now Sittwe, Burma).

Two Chevrolet 1.5-ton lorries drive past ...

 

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 ...

 

RAF VICKERS WELLINGTON MEDIUM BOMBERS ON THE INDO-BURMA... (1944)

Air Commodore Mellersh RAF, Air Commander Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command and Air Vice Marshal Stevens of ...

 

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 ...