... of Perthville, Bathurst, New South Wales.

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 ...

... dropping from the aircraft with explosions. Panning shot of Mandalay hill.

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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 ...

... Sergeant Govan's lens hood. Pagoda spire. Signpost with directions to Mandalay, Shwebo and Pyun-U. Another sign gives direction to Mandalay, Shwebo, Wetlet and Shwebangon. A tank transporter passes carrying a Lee medium tank. The ...

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In Mandalay, Burma's second city, the stronghold ... on the wall of the fort with Mandalay Hill rising in the background. Smouldering ... them. Troops passing jeeps. From Mandalay Hill; aircraft attacking the walls ...

... along a road. View of the distant Mandalay Hill with bare trees in the ... Division close in on Burma's second city of Mandalay and fierce fighting erupts as troops ... on the number cameramen covering operations at Mandalay. These included British, Indian and ...

... Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe progress in the battle to capture Fort ... Sharp's recordings, including General Slim's broadcast from Mandalay. See related items.

Operations for the capture of ...

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Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and ... of the British forces attacking the Japanese.

General views of Mandalay taken from the roof of Mealem School. Most of ...

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Footage of the bombardment of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, as seen from Mandalay Hil.

... . Thunderbolt attacking with time-delay bombs. An aircraft passes Mandalay Hill at approximately the same level as the ...

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I. "The road to Mandalay." Report that the Fourteenth Army is beating back the Japanese is accompanied by film illustrating the difficult conditions under which this campaign is being fought: soldiers ford a shallow stream and continue on through a ...

... Commentary states that bridgehead on the far side of the Rhine is secure.

II. "Fourteenth Army's triumph." Sherman tanks enter Mandalay, as Burmese peasants move along the road on bullock-drawn carts. Three Burmese men show the traces of the torture ...

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I. "Mandalay Falls." No actual film of the entry of troops into Mandalay, but coverage of a village on the outskirts being pounded by artillery, view of General Rees at a forward position and film of Indian and British troops moving forward along a ...

... ", and gives a comparatively detailed account of subsequent military events, including the Battle of Imphal-Kohima and Slim's drive on Mandalay, Arakan landings, the northern offensive of the Americans and Chinese under Stilwell, and the roles played by ...