Burma

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

 
 
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USE OF FLOATING DOCKS AT RANGOON (15/8/1945) (1945)

Film demonstrating the use of a floating dock on the Rangoon river, Burma.

At Rangoon docks a wide shot ...

 

VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (6/1945) (1945)

With the fall of the Burmese capital Rangoon the Allies stage a victory parade.

A podium with dignitaries and ...

 

VICTORY RACE MEETING IN RANGOON (14/5/1945) (1945)

Not long after the liberation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, and the end of the war in Europe, ...

 

VIEWS FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE, RANGOON: PARADE BEFORE... (1945)

A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...

 

VILLAGERS IN THE ARAKAN CELEBRATE THE BURMESE WATER... (1945)

Burmese villagers of Ywama village, six miles west of Kindaunggyi, north of Taungup in the Arakan, Burma, celebrate ...

 

VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY TO 36TH DIVISION ROMAN... (1945)

Visit of the Reverend T Roberts, Society of Jesus, Archbishop of Bombay and Vicar Delegate to His Majesty's ...

 

VISIT OF GENERAL DAN SULTAN TO 36TH DIVISION (14/2/1945) (1945)

United States Army Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) arrives in his private Douglas C47 Skytrain ...

 

VISIT OF GENERAL SIR OLIVER LEESE TO MEIKTILA (21/3/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General Leese pays a visit to IV Corps which has been fighting in the Meiktila region of central ...

 

VISIT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BROWNING TO TAMANDU AND... (1945)

Lieutenant-General F A M Browning, Chief of Staff of South East Asia Command, visits positions held by the ...

 

VISIT OF LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN TO MANDALAY (22/3/1945) (1945)

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, visits the officers and men who helped ...

 

VISIT OF SIR OLIVER LEESE TO OFFICERS AND MEN OF IV... (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits IV Indian Corps in Burma.

An ...

 

VISITS OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM SLIM AND LIEUTENANT-GENERAL... (1945)

The visit of Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim to 2nd Division area at Ondaw, Burma.

Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, commander ...

 

WATERPOINT AT 277 MILESTONE ON THE ROAD TO RANGOON... (1945)

Indian Engineers (possibly of 44th Field Park Company) of 5th Indian Division, IV Indian Corps, use bulldozers to ...

WEST AFRICA WAS THERE

WEST AFRICA WAS THERE (1945)has video enhanced entry

Film account of the part played by the 81st and 82nd (West African) Divisions in the third Arakan ...

 

WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE IN BURMA (27/7/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Aerial footage showing a Royal Candian Air Force (RCAF) Douglas Dakota transport aircraft in flight; the aircraft is ...

 

WORKSHOP COMPANY SALVAGES CIVILIAN MOTOR TRANSPORT... (1945)

Electrical and Mechanical Engineers salvage damaged civilian motor vehicles in Rangoon, capital of Burma, following its capture by ...

 

XV INDIAN CORPS PLANNING CONFERENCE (18/2/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Christison KBE CB MC leading a planning conference at Division HQ situated at Myebon, Burma

Present ...

 

194 SQUADRON DROP SUPPLIES TO 25TH EAST AFRICAN BRIGADE... (1944)

Film shot by Sergeant Abbott: Aerial footage; the camera looks through the windscreen of an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft ...

 

2ND BATTALION EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT ATTACK MOHNYIN... (1944)

The British 36th Division advances from India into northern Burma and various activities to aid the advance are ...

 

36TH DIVISION JEEP RAILWAY AT SAHMAW (19/9/1944) (1944)

A jeep railway is operated by men of 36th Division near Sahmaw in northern Burma.

A jeep, fitted with ...

 

36TH DIVISION OPERATIONS BEFORE PINBAW (18/8/1944) (1944)

Part 1: Jeeps with trailers cross a Bailey bridge. A sign reads 'Speeders beware! Mark my words / Wait and ...

 

36TH DIVISION SIGNALLERS LAY CABLE IN THE HOPIN AREA... (1944)

Signallers of 36th Division seen laying telephone wires from a Brigade HQ to a forward battalion in the ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE BEYOND TIDDIM (23/10/1944) (1944)

A sign reads "Tiddim Bye-Pass (sic). Through Traffic". Indian troops with rifles, picks and shovels walk along a jungle-lined road. ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE THROUGH TIDDIM TO KENNEDY... (1944)

Troops of the 5th Indian Division pass through Tiddim, Burma, having taken the town, and move on towards ...