Burma

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

 
 
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CIVIL AFFAIRS SERVICE (BURMA) ACTIVITIES IN AKYAB (31/3/1945) (1945)

After driving the Japanese out of the Akyab area of Burma the British-run Civil Affairs unit moves in ...

 

CIVIL AFFAIRS SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN MANDALAY (2/5/1945) (1945)

Film showing various activities of the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) in Mandalay, including collecting weapons, issuing rations and ...

 

CIVILIANS INTERNED AT TAVOY ARRIVE AT MINGALADON AIRFIELD... (1945)

Civilian internees, freed from Japanese captivity at Tavoy (now Dawei) in Lower Burma, arrive by air at Mingaladon ...

 

COMMANDO FLIGHT: RAF OPERATIONS IN BURMA (18/3/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Close-up of hands sorting aerial reconnaissance photographs. A man descends a ladder from a tall airfield control tower ...

 

CROSSING A BAILEY BRIDGE AT TOUNGOO ON THE ROAD TO... (1945)

Motor transport of IV Corps crosses a Bailey bridge near Toungoo (Taungoo) during the Allied drive on Rangoon, ...

 

CROSSING OF THE CHINDWIN AT SITTAUNG/OPERATION PROFIT... (1944)

Reel 1: Pan across a beachhead on the banks of the River Chindwin showing men, mules and a number of ...

 

CROSSING THE IRRAWADDY (2/1945) (1945)

The RAF provides air cover and drops supplies for men of the 2nd Division as they cross the ...

 

DEAD JAPANESE AT MEIKTILA (23/3/1945) (1945)

Detailed views of many dead Japanese soldiers, following their unsuccessful attack on British Army positions around Meiktila, central ...

 

DECEPTION OPERATIONS DURING A LULL BETWEEN BATTLES... (1945)

Men of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, effect a deception operation prior to 2nd Division's crossing ...

 

DELIVERY OF AMMUNITION BY WATER TO UNITS ON THE PEGU... (1945)

Watercraft are used to deliver mortar rounds to infantry of 4th Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles (33rd Brigade, 7th ...

 

DISBANDMENT OF RAF 607 (COUNTY OF DURHAM) SQUADRON... (1945)

Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Cecil Bouchier addresses airmen on the occasion of the disbandment of RAF 607 (County ...

 

DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE VISITS 82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION... (1945)

Whilst visiting XV Indian Corps area in Arakan (Burma) the Duke of Devonshire pays a visit to the ...

 

ELEPHANTS WORKING AT MACGREGOR'S TIMBER YARDS AND MILLS... (1903)

INTEREST. A series of shots of an Indian elephant stacking logs in a timber yard (86 ft).

 

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS AT KYAUKPYU ON RAMREE ISLAND... (1945)

British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Forman leave Kyaukpyu (Burma) on the ...

 

ENGINEERS CLEAR THE ROAD OVER THE SLOPES OF MOUNT POPA... (1945)

Reel 1: A duck, the regimental mascot of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, is seen wearing a miniature tunic ...

 

ENGINEERS OVERHAUL JAPANESE ARMS (22/5/1945) (1945)

British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall ...

 

ENTRY INTO AIRFIELD AT TOUNGOO (22/4/1945) (1945)

Scenes at an airfield near Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, shortly after its capture from troops of the Japanese 33rd ...

 

ENTRY INTO FORT DUFFERIN, MANDALAY (20/3/1945) (1945)

General Leese (Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and General Rees (General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Division) ...

 

ENTRY INTO TOUNGOO BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION (22/4/1945) (1945)

Artillery and infantry of 123 Brigade, 5th Indian Division, on the road to Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, 140 miles ...

 

ENTRY TO KYAUKTAN AND LIBERATED ALLIED PRISONERS OF... (1945)

Troops of 71st Brigade, 26th Indian Division, XV Corps enter Kyauktan (south west of Rangoon) and recently liberated ...

 

ETO ACTIVITIES IN EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS (PLUS... (1944)

I. "Captured German 88mm gun." US ordnance crew inspect and test 88mm gun; it is resprayed with US markings.

II. "CBI ...

 

EVACUATION OF "SPECIAL FORCE" MULES AND MEN BY WATERBORNE... (1944)

British soldiers of 77th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division in bush hats board a raft as others on board wait. Two ...

 

EVACUATION OF WEST AFRICAN CASUALTIES FROM LETMAUK... (1945)

After being cut off by Japanese forces from the rest of the British force northeast of Letmauk, Burma, ...

 

FAR EAST WAR MAGAZINE NUMBER 1 (1945) enhanced entry

Two items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages ...

 

FEEDING OF THE POOR IN RANGOON (18/10/1945) (1945) enhanced entry

Footage showing the feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in Rangoon, shortly ...

 

FEEDING OF THE POOR IN RANGOON (18/10/1945) (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a ceremonial feeding of the poor as part of ...

 

FERRYING TANKS ACROSS IRRAWADDY (BURMA) 100TH BRIGADE... (1945)

The operation of a ferry across the Irrawaddy River (Burma) using DUKWs as towing vehicles.

A ferry made up ...

 

FIELD MARSHAL ALAN BROOKE VISITS RANGOON (1945)

Field Marshal Lord Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Rangoon as part of ...

 

FIREBOMBING OF KANGAW (27/1/1945) (1945)

RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).

Kangaw, on ...

 

FIRING OF 7.2-INCH HOWITZERS (10/4/1945) (1945)

At Yindaw, Burma, 7.2-inch howitzers of 8th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, are seen firing on Japanese positions.

Series of ...

 

FOOD AND MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR BURMESE REFUGEES BY... (1945)

The distribution of supplies to local Burmese people in Lingadipa, Burma.

The men of 100th Brigade 20th Indian Division ...

 

FOOTBALL MATCHES ON THE INDO-BURMA BORDER (5/10/1944) (1944)

Scenes of two football matches on the Indo-Burma border, including England versus Scotland and a local RAF team ...

 

FORWARD AIRSTRIP CONSTRUCTION AT ONDAW (1/3/1945) (1945)

Following closely behind the advancing British troops in Burma the Madras Sappers and Miners build an airstrip at ...

 

FRIENDS AMBULANCE UNIT 1939 - 1946 (1946)

Film opens with captions detailing the history of, and current work of, the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU). "1914-1918 Ambulance trains ...

 

FROM MANDALAY TO KOKO-NOR (1937)

A record of an expedition from Burma to China. The film includes landscape shots, scenes of agriculture, market and street ...

 

FRONTLINE NEWSPAPER (4/1944 ca) (1944)

An edited production by the SEAC Film Unit (British) shows how 'SEAC', the newspaper of South East Asia ...

 

GENERAL DEMPSEY VISITS EAST AFRICAN TROOPS IN RANGOON (1946)

Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits east African troops in Rangoon, capital ...

 

GENERAL GIFFARD VISITS 25TH INDIAN DIVISION AT MAUNGDAW... (1944)

General Sir George Giffard, commander of 11th Army Group, visits 25th Indian Division during a tour of inspection ...

 

GENERAL KIMURA AND STAFF SURRENDER SWORDS AT TWELFTH... (1945)

With the Japanese capitulation General Heitaro Kimura and his staff surrender their swords to their British counterparts in ...

 

GENERAL KIMURA AND STAFF SURRENDER SWORDS AT TWELFTH... (1945)

With the Japanese capitulation General Heitaro Kimura and his staff surrender their swords to their British counterparts in ...

 

GENERAL SIR GEORGE GIFFARD INSPECTS TROOPS (4/8/1944) (1944)

General Sir George Giffard, Commander-in-Chief 11th Army Group, inspects his forward troops near Tamu on the Indian-Burmese border.

General ...

 

GENERAL SULTAN PRESENTING BRONZE STAR (14/2/1945) (1945)

American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) presents the Bronze Star to four British soldiers at ...

 

GENERALS REES AND STOPFORD VISIT PAGODA HILL, MANDALAY,... (1945)

General Thomas Wynford Rees, commander of 19th Indian Division, and General Montagu Stopford, commander of XXXIII Indian Corps, ...

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

GOVERNOR OF BURMA AT CIVIC HALL, RANGOON (17/10/1945) (1945)

The newly returned Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, attends a civic reception in Rangoon and makes a ...

 

GOVERNOR OF BURMA AT CIVIC HALL, RANGOON (17/10/1945) (1945)

The newly returned Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, attends a civic reception in Rangoon and makes a ...