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Burma attained independence in 1948. It is now known as Myanmar.
A video made for Steel Brothers from original 35mm film to record their timber operations in the forests of Burma ...
Film about RAF, and especially Transport Command, in the Far East.
The only means of supplying troops in the ...
The World Health Organisation at work in Bolivia, Nigeria and Burma.
Seventh film in a series showing the story of air power and its impact on the world. This ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA.
Items include: WALLABIES HUMBLE ENGLAND BURMA CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE IN LONDON The NEW YEAR
Travelogue.
INSTRUCTIONAL. Aspects of life in Burma.
A riverside community populated by true Burmese, children playing in the water, women washing clothes ...
Scenes of post-war Burma. The funeral procession is most likely that of Bogyoke Aung San (leader of the ...
For a detailed shot list contact NFTVA Items include:
OPENING THE MONTGOMERY BRIDGE H.M.S. FLYCATCHER PRINCESS ELIZABETH WITH W.L.A. U.N.O. FACES ...
Film opens with captions detailing the history of, and current work of, the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU). "1914-1918 Ambulance trains ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits east African troops in Rangoon, capital ...
Reel 1 Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilson at Dalla dockyard, Rangoon: shot of the name 'Noel K Adam' above ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.
Mountbatten ...
View ...
At Toungoo, Burma, Douglas Dakota transport aircraft of RAF 62 Squadron are loaded with sacks of rice for ...
Colonial troops in England for the Victory Parade on 8 June 1946.
Colonial troops arrive in Britain for the Victory Parade. ...
Off-duty RAF ground crew from a nearby forward airstrip spend a few hours visiting the ancient Burmese capital ...
Film showing a battery of Priest 105mm self-propelled (SP) guns in action at Payagale, and Allied prisoners of ...
Confronted by a blown bridge on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma, tanks and motor vehicles of ...
A battery of Ordnance SB 4.2-inch mortars firing. At Hlegu chaung (river or watercourse) vehicles are hauled up the riverbank. ...
Just days after the capture of Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), central Burma, the town is used as ...
20th Indian Division formed a bridgehead over the River Irrawaddy, crossing at Myinmu, Burma, on the night of ...
Reel 1: RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers overhead. Lee medium tanks driving along a dusty road. A Lee passes with infantry ...
The reinforcement of beachheads after a night attack across the Irrawaddy River, Burma.
Mortars explode and boats are used ...
At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a ...
Gunners of the Royal Artillery take up position by the village of Pinkan, Burma, and prepare to shell ...
A battery of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns in action in Burma.
A lorry reverses towards a treeline and ...
Crew of an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun prepare emplacements in Kota, Northern Burma.
The guns of the 156th ...
25-pounder field guns of 18th Indian Field Battery, 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, are seen shelling the ...
After stiff fighting for Myitson, 26th Brigade push through ruins towards Mongmit, Northern Burma.
Troops of the 2nd Battalion ...
Preparations for an attack by British troops on Myitson, North Burma.
Unloading and use of pontoon boats to cross ...
Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.
Troops ...
The 2nd British Division cross the Irrawaddy River in order to carry out the first daylight attack on ...
Troops of 36th Division advancing through close country somewhere in northern Burma.
Troops of 36th Division advance through tall ...
Medium guns are fired on positions on the road between Pindale and Mahlaing, north of Meiktila, Burma, in ...
As part of IV Corps' drive on Rangoon, capital of Burma, 123rd Brigade of 5th Indian Division occupy ...
Sherman tanks and troops from the 1st Battalion the Burma Regiment proceeding up beach for an attack on ...
7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide ...
Troops from 82nd West African Division arrive at Ru-Ywa, Burma, by boat and are met by Major-General Stockwell ...
82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military ...
Air Marshal Garrod, acting Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits RAF squadrons at forward airstrips at Tabingaung and Onbauk, Burma.
Air ...
Scenes of operations from forward airstrips near Mandalay, Burma, and scenes of bomb damage to buildings and infrastructure ...
Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as ...
A low-altitude aerial survey of bomb damage in and around Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), Burma.
Low altitude (c.100-ft) ...
Artillery and air strikes are used to assist an attack by 17th Indian Division on Japanese held positions ...