... in Burma, New Guinea. (Reel 3) Further Pacific conflict, British Fourteenth Army, Chinese airlifts. Japan in retreat. Fall of Mandalay. Borneo. Allies close in; atomic bomb. August 1945: surrender.

Notes

Summary: one of the series "made in ...

... ). The Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon (707-724); Burmese dancers (728-759). Officers of the Burmese army are presented to the Prince at Mandalay, January 5-7th, 1922 (768-777); boat races on the Moat at Fort Dufferin (784-800); a procession of effigies (812- ...

Rangoon, Mandalay, Penang Funeral', 1930s

... wagons past camera.

Notes

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 ...

... WORLD WARGB

Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops forced the Japanese out of the city and the fort complex.

Lieutenant-General Slim ...

... Rifles reservists arrive at a base carrying large kit bags. They unpack their kit. A polo match (possibly 'Mandalay' on the scoreboard?).

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Date: stock date on Kodachrome ...

... (hara kiri or seppuku) and the hazardous nature of the road). Another sign reads 'Indo-Burma Frontier - Straight on for Mandalay and Tokio'. Aerial footage showing the ruggedness of the terrain, the winding road, a railway line and forest.

Film ...

... Japanese) field gun on an archaic-looking wheeled carriage. A signpost gives directions to Rangoon (127 miles), Ananbaw (8 miles) and Mandalay (315 miles). Motor transport passes. Close-ups of the signpost. Stuart tanks kicking up clouds of dust as they ...

... a multi-national force comprising American and Chinese troops in addition to British 36th Division. The repair of the Mogaung-Mandalay railway line was an important part of improving communications in this area.

Colonel Dupuy was the commander of an ...

... gyration of the leg at the hip. Pagodas and stupas at Yawnghwe (shotlist ‘Yuangshweh’). Roadside scenes outside Mandalay; study of two young Burmese girls. Elephant pushing cut timbers with trunk and feet (shot list: ‘a valuable record ...

... harvesting by hand, treading out the grain, winnowing on tripod, followed by dry ploughing and dry harrowing. Various scenes of Mandalay and Fort Dufferin include the Eastern Audience Hall.

Reel 5: (Swiming and canal picnic)

Reel 6: ("Our dumb ...

... , it also provides a fairly rare glimpse of Major-General Rees (who not long before had been overseeing his division's assault on Mandalay) in an informal setting. For more film coverage of this party, and of Maymyo more generally, see related items.

... WORLD WARGB

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 ...

... so details as to location, date, unit, etc are unclear. See also JFU 236, which probably shows the same visit. Reference to Sadaung and Sagaing means this footage may be related to Mountbatten's visit to Mandalay, after its fall in late March 1945.

... of the Prince of Wales' tour of India and Burma, 1921-22. Covering Bombay, Poona, Bharatpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Benares, Rangoon, Mandalay, Nepal, Madras, Patiala and the Khyber Pass. Also featuring a tiger hunt, pig-sticking, horse racing, polo and ...

Towill Collection

Intertitles. Village life in India, location unidentified. Shoeing an ox; preparing toddy; pottery. Various scenes in Burma, inc. Mandalay Bazaar. Scenes in Benares; ghats. Puri indicated on intertitle, but film ends.

... down spire of Shwe Dagon Pagoda in centre of Rangoon and shows temple lion statues and feeding of pigeons. Views of former capital Mandalay show the moat surrounding the Fort and a temple.

III. Spring thaw hampers German armour on Central Sector of ...

... ; it is marked with the badge of XXXIII Indian Corps.

Notes

The dopesheet gives the location as Yadaw '44 miles up[stream from] Mandalay'. The dopesheet states the river is the Irrawaddy, but might in fact be the Mu River, Yadaw being near ...

... , many of the men are unshaven and carry Lee-Enfield .303-in Mk III rifles. A Chindit crouches by the tracks of the Mandalay-Myitkyina railway, manning a Vickers .303-in water-cooled heavy machine gun mounted on a tripod. A bare-chested Chindit fires a ...

... of Greek civilians hold Allied Flags and placards, one of which reads "English, Greece is grateful to you - EAS."

III. 'ROAD TO MANDALAY.' United States Army Air Force (USAAF) Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft drop supplies at low-level to ...

... shows the US national flag being hoisted on Iwo Jima. Lord Louis Mountbatten chats to General Sir William Slim during a visit to Mandalay in Burma (cf WPN 301). A map shows the location of Okinawa. US M4 Sherman flame throwing tanks (M4 POA-CWS 75-HI flame ...

Allied Military Government

I. Allies capture Mandalay.Film of air strikes and street fighting; soldiers and locals fraternise; Lord Mountbatten.

II. Film of German surrenders. German surrenders at Caserta, at Lneburg Heath (Montgomery, Friedeburg ...

... the monsoon, reaching the Irrawaddy in early 1945, and crossing it in the boats built by Slim's forces. They take Mandalay in March 1945. In this episode, Mountbatten pays tribute to the commanders under him, Stilwell, Wingate (rather modified praise) and ...