Burma

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

 
 
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GOVERNOR OF BURMA ATTENDS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS IN RANGOON... (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a dragon dance in the Chinese quarter of ...

 

GOVERNOR OF BURMA ATTENDS RANGOON RACES (18/10/1945) (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, attends races at Kyaikasan racecourse in Rangoon.

Dorman-Smith with a ...

 

GOVERNOR OF BURMA RECEIVES WELCOMING ADDRESS IN RANGOON... (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, receives a civic welcome in Rangoon.

Series of severely underlit ...

 

GOVERNOR OF BURMA RETURNS TO RANGOON (16/10/1945) (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

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GOVERNOR OF BURMA RETURNS TO RANGOON (16/10/1945) (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

Fairly dark ...

 

GOVERNOR OF BURMA RETURNS TO RANGOON (16/10/1945) (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

Guards lining ...

 

GOVERNOR OF BURMA RETURNS TO RANGOON (16/10/1945) (1945)

Dorman-Smith's car arrives at Rangoon Cathedral and he gets out. Lady Dorman-Smith with the Rt Rev the Lord Bishop of ...

 

GOVERNOR OF BURMA RETURNS TO RANGOON (16/10/1945) (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

Wide shot ...

 

GROUND ATTACK AND SUPPLY OPERATIONS BY RAF HAWKER HURRICANES... (1945)

Aerial footage of RAF Hawker Hurricane ground attack and supply operations in and around Mandalay, Burma.

Aerial footage; the ...

 

GROUND ATTACK, AIR SUPPLY AND LEAFLET OPERATIONS BY... (1944)

RAF 42 Squadron Hawker Hurricanes are used to attack ground targets, drop parachute supply canisters and distribute leaflets ...

 

GUNNERS OF 53RD BRIGADE LANDING NEAR RU-YWA (16/2/1945) (1945)

During the night Royal Artillery troops landed on a small island near Ru-Ywa, Burma, and manhandled their 5.5 ...

 

GURKHAS ENTER PEGU (2/5/1945) (1945)

Gurkha infantry of 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles, 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen entering the town of ...

 

HAWKER HURRICANE OPERATIONS BY RAF 42 SQUADRON AT ONBAUK... (1945)

RAF 42 Squadron are briefed before a sortie from Onbauk forward airstrip, near Shwebo, Burma.

Taxiing RAF Hawker Hurricane ...

 

HURRICANE CLOSE SUPPORT EXERCISE NEAR MEIKTILA (23/4/1945) (1945)

RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers conduct an exercise in close air support near Meiktila, central Burma.

A plume of dust ...

 

HURRICANE GROUND ATTACK OPERATIONS FROM ONBAUK AIRSTRIP,... (1945)

Hawker 'Hurribomber' aircraft are rearmed at Onbauk forward airstrip on the River Irrawaddy before attacking nearby Japanese targets.

An ...

 

INDIA MARCHES - INDIA DEFENDS (1944)

Newsreel items (mute) including production of India rubber, capture of Tiddim (Burma) and South African Navy at sea.

 

INDIAN ENGINEER WORKSHOP AND SCENES ALONG THE TIDDIM... (1944)

Scenes at an Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' workshop of 123rd Brigade, 5th Indian Division, and views of ...

 

INDIAN ENGINEERS' FIELD FOUNDRY ON AKYAB ISLAND (4/2/1945) (1945)

In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the ...

 

INDIAN ENGINEERS' FIELD WORKSHOP IN BURMA (1945 (?)) (1945)

Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.

An officer seen using a loud hailer. A ...

 

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 136 (19/10/1945) (1945) enhanced entry

I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, ...

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 139 (9/11/1945)

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 139 (9/11/1945) (1945)has video enhanced entry

I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...

 

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 55 (1944) (1944) enhanced entry

I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED

I. BENGALS SUPPLY AND TRANSPORT SITUATION IMPROVED - Watching army trucks being ...

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 62 (19/5/1944)

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 62 (19/5/1944) (1944)has video enhanced entry

I. "MR. GANDHI RELEASED" Gandhi is released from the Aga Khan's palace after a year and a half. Initial scenes ...

 

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 67 (23/6/1944) (1944) enhanced entry

I. "NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Touring members of the National Defence Council meet ...

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 70 (14/7/1944)

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 70 (14/7/1944) (1944)has video enhanced entry

I. "WEST AFRICAN'S ROLE IN INDIA'S DEFENCE" West African troops, "toughened by the toughest climate in the world", arrive in ...

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 71 (21/7/1944)

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 71 (21/7/1944) (1944)has video enhanced entry

I. "KHALSAS WINS M.U.C. GOLD CUP" The Gold Cup Final (soccer) in Madras is won by Khalsa College. The match ...

 

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 84 (20/10/1944) (1944) enhanced entry

I. "THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE FOURTH BOMBAY GRENADIERS" The Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, arrives in Bombay ...

 

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 88 (17/11/1944) (1944) enhanced entry

I. "THE EMIR OF KATSINA COMES TO INDIA TO SEE HIS WEST AFRICAN TROOPS" The Muslim Emir of Katsina (on ...

 

INDIAN SAPPERS PREPARE A ROAD IN THE ARAKAN (10/4/1945) (1945)

Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and ...

 

INDIAN TROOPS RETURN HOME AT RAF MAURIPUR, KARACHI... (1945)

Indian troops, many of whom had been overseas for several years serving in Africa and the Mediterranean, are ...

 

INDIANS IN ACTION (1942)

A brief picture of the training of India's army and a record of its service overseas through the ...

 

INLAND WATER TRANSPORT ON THE IRRAWADDY (5/7/1945) (1945)

Scenes of Inland Water Transport operations on the River Irrawaddy in Burma.

A number of local rafts on the ...

 

INLAND WATER TRANSPORT ON THE RIVER CHINDWIN (4/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: A Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) being launched. A man paints an identity number (N-226) onto a Higgins barge ...

 

IRRAWADDY CROSSING BY 7TH DIVISION AT NYAUNGU (14/2/1945) (1945)

Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha ...

 

IRRAWADDY TRANSPORT (1946)

Reel 1 Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilson at Dalla dockyard, Rangoon: shot of the name 'Noel K Adam' above ...

 

IV INDIAN CORPS ON THE ROAD TO RANGOON (25/4/1945) (1945)

Motor transport of IV Indian Corps seen passing through the Oktwin area, south of Toungoo, on the road ...

 

JAPANESE BREAKOUT FROM THE PEGU YOMAS TO THE EAST (21/7/1945) (1945)

Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed ...

 

JAPANESE CONSTRUCTED ROAD IN ARAKAN (1/4/1945) (1945)

The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome ...

 

JAPANESE CONSTRUCTED ROAD IN ARAKAN (2/4/1945) (1945)

The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON (26/8/1945) (1945)

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON (26/8/1945) (1945)

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Air Vice Marshal Bouchier (commander ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON (26/8/1945) (1945)

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON (26/8/1945) (1945)

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

At Mingaladon airfield, Rangoon, a ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON (26/8/1945) (1945)

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Japanese delegates, led by Lieutenant-General ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON (26/8/1945) (1945)

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE AT RANGOON (26/8/1945) (1945)

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE IN BRITISH TERRITORY ON... (1945)

With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE IN BRITISH TERRITORY ON... (1945)

With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of ...