The footage seen in Mandalay-Rangoon was shot by Lieutenant Colonel Frank Outram ... ‘Absolutely smashing film in colour’. In Mandalay-Rangoon this description is applicable even to ...
Dopesheet attributes this footage to raids on railway yards at Pyinmana (on the Rangoon-Mandalay line) and a supply base at Taungup.
For other footage of Liberator operations in this theatre, see ABY 29 ...
Lord Mountbatten visits a forward airstrip near Mandalay, with scenes of Hawker Hurricane operations and the RAF Regiment.
Hawker Hurricane AW:Z of RAF 42 Squadron lands ...
Airmen armed with Sten submachine guns walk along a dusty road with bullock carts passing in the ...
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Date from dopesheet. Likely that ... date of shooting is up to two weeks earlier, as by 21 March 1945 Mandalay was considered sufficiently secure for Lieutenant-General ...
Rees and Stopford on the ... a pall of smoke. Panning shot across Mandalay. Pagodas in the city. A view of the ... related operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by British Army ...
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No slates, date on dopesheet noted as approximate.
Dopesheet adds: 'These shots taken shortly after ...
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Mountbatten's visits to Mandalay were also covered by British Army cameramen. See ...
Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, visits a forward airfield on the Mandalay Front, Burma.
Air Marshal Park talking with Group Captain H Goddard and Air Vice Marshal Vincent, Air ...
Burmese peasant farmers thresh grain using ... .['] [This something of a misquote of Kipling's 1892 poem 'Mandalay'].
Dopesheet refers to separately recorded sound of temple ...
A car arrives. Lieutenant-General Slim gets out and is saluted. A second car pulls up and ...
Aerial footage; the camera aircraft ... which starts to peel left. View over Mandalay; the camera aircraft rolls left ... and exiting the target area towards Mandalay Hill at tree-top height. View ...
The visual material is ... troops; the advance South over the Chindwin and Irrawaddy to Mandalay and Rangoon. "3 Japanese armies, the largest Japanese land ...
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Summary: one of the series "made in ...
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The dopesheet provides the following background information: 'In preparation for the push south from Mandalay and Meiktila rolling stock is being recovered at Alon near Monywa by a railway operating company of the ...
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These events form part of XXXIII Corps' crossing of the Irrawaddy before the advance on Mandalay. 19th Indian Division and 20th Indian Division were to cross first, with 2nd British Division crossing after and ...
Film showing various activities of the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) in Mandalay, including collecting weapons, issuing rations and pensions, distributing captured Japanese supplies and declaring price ...
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Despite the dopesheet referring to an impending attack on Mandalay, at the time this film was shot 2nd ... of Central Burma, such as the capture of Meiktila and Mandalay. In particular a deception scheme known as 'Cloak' was ...
The Burma Regiment had its origins in the Burma Frontier Force. The BFF was raised from units of the Burma ...
Film ...
Troops of 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade, 7th Indian ...
Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great importance ... large Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
Views from Mandalay Hill, Burma, of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns and BL ... 47mm Anti-Tank Gun is inspected and loaded.
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Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great importance ...
Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great importance ... large Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
A Hurribomber dives and releases two bombs and ... dusty road. They pass a sign directing them towards Mandalay.
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As 19th Indian Division included two battalions ...
19th Indian Division take a Japanese ... large Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by ... and artillery damage. Another outlying village burns.
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Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great ...
Buddhist pagodas in the distance on Mandalay Hill. Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment ... Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great ... a large Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
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Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great importance ... large Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
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Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great ... large Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
Notes
Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great importance ... a large Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
Notes
Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great ... a large Japanese supply dump.
Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...
A Douglas Dakota flies low over Mandalay and ... a range finder to assist the artillery crews.
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Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great ...