... Irrawaddy Flotilla company pass. Buddhist priest with distinctive sunshade. "Mandalay. Irrawaddy Bridge": tracking shot from train approaching girder ... pass by in rickshaw; others use horse drawn cabs. "Mandalay-Rangoon Night Mail": (14 May 1940) train at ...

... ground crew from a nearby forward airstrip spend a few hours visiting the ancient Burmese capital of Shwebo, in Sagaing, north-west of Mandalay, Burma.

Airmen armed with Sten submachine guns walk along a dusty road with bullock carts passing in the ...

... the Japanese strong points.

Notes

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 ...

... with outboard motors churning the water. Putting a 3.7-inch gun onto the raft.

Notes

Tigyaing is almost due north of Mandalay and about 30 miles south of Katha. 36th Division was part of the multinational Northern Combat Area Command, and at ...

... the Irrawaddy as a preliminary to and advance on Meiktila. At the same time, XXXIII Corps were crossing the Irrawaddy to advance on Mandalay.

The Burma Regiment had its origins in the Burma Frontier Force. The BFF was raised from units of the Burma ...

... Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide with XXXIII Corps advance on Mandalay, Burma, and bring heavy machinery and armour across the river.

Troops of 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade, 7th Indian ...

... . Some buildings are roofless, others totally destroyed. Bomb damage to nearby railway tracks (probably the Lashio-Mandalay line).

Notes

No slates, date on dopesheet noted as approximate.

Dopesheet adds: 'These shots taken shortly after ...

GB

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 ...

... ", 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 ...

... bullock cart by the roadside. Local civilians filling sacks and baskets with rice. Wide shot; by a railway line (presumably the Rangoon-Mandalay line) a number of buildings have been reduced to shells. A local man filling a sack. Baskets of food are loaded ...

... cattle pull goods unloaded from a boat. Children washing clothes in the river. Pagan. The Gawdawpalin Temple and various pagodas. Mandalay. The Royal Palace. Amarapura. Cattle pull carts laden with hay. People spin and weave silk. Teak trunks are made into ...

... -General Sir William Slim, commander of 14th Army, is honoured with performances of traditional Burmese entertainments at Monywa, northwest of Mandalay, Burma.

A car arrives. Lieutenant-General Slim gets out and is saluted. A second car pulls up and ...

... DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

After victory over the Japanese in the battle for Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma Lieutenant-General W J Slim takes part in a flag raising ceremony in the fort.

British troops march into ...

... of Myingyan formed part of a series of operations to link up IV Corps, fighting at Meiktila, and XXXIII Corps, fighting at Mandalay. During this action, Lieutenant Karamjeet Singh Judge won the Victoria Cross. According to his citation, he 'dominated the ...

... down and back over target areas. Nose view of cannon attack on motor vehicle. Cannon attack against train on Lashio-Mandalay railway. Internal shot looking down over target. Burning railway wagons clearly visible with dense smoke.

Notes

One ...

... a new form of transport, the Alligator, being used by the Allied armies in Burma to carry supplies across difficult terrain. V. "THE DRIVE SOUTH FROM MANDALAY". The advance of General Slim's veteran 14th Army through the towns of Minjen and Chaukee.

... , cram weeks of shopping into a few minutes". as food is served to troops.

III. "FROM THE LEDO ROAD TO MOGAUNG-MANDALAY" Jeeps are transported to a Division along the Ledo Road, across bridges built by Engineers and then down river, fastened to rafts ...

... advance on city. "Tanks advance with stretcher-bearers in what commentary describes as "not an easy fight".

IV. "ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY" Scenes of road construction through Burma Jungle, although commentary notes that it is "not quite the road that ...

... header'>The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome (Pyay), south of Mandalay; after the road was cut off by XV Indian Corps Japanese defences were inspected and the road used for British Army ...

... header'>The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome (Pyay), south of Mandalay; after the road was cut off by XV Indian Corps Japanese defences were inspected and the road used for British Army ...

... up to church. A unit (the same?) marching off. High shot of the main street of the town, looking down the Lashio-Mandalay road; the building nearest camera is marked New Ceylon-Burma Tra[ding Company?]. Damaged building with Indian troops passing. A jeep, ...

... and Americans (including a Tommy gun-toting Military Policeman), goes to see the wreckage of rolling stock on the Myitkyina-Mandalay railway line. Short pan of derailed wagons. Mountbatten meeting Lieutenant-Colonel Dr Gordon Seagrave at his missionary ...

... 's push down the 'railway corridor', in turn part of US General Stilwell's three-pronged offensive south towards Mandalay. Stubborn Japanese resistance and poor cooperation from the neighbouring Chinese 50th Division meant that Indaw, Naba and Katha were ...