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At Kyaukse, south of Mandalay on the road to Meiktila, Indian troops of 80th Indian ... . This operation formed part of the link-up between XXXIII Corps around Mandalay, and IV Corps at Meiktila.

... 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 ...

... front’, but no fighting is shown. The film concludes by stating that ‘the battles which ended at Rangoon and Mandalay were beginning’, yet ultimately the representation of war, both for the Africans who had fought and for those watching ...

A record of an expedition from Burma to China. The film includes landscape shots, scenes of agriculture, market and street scenes in Teng Yuch, Chung King, Yenan, and the Kumbun lamasery.

Rl. 1. Animated map of journey. Village life in Burma. ...

... Rout Turns Into Massacre' and 'British Fight 60 Miles From Mandalay') and the Daily Mail. An editor selects a photo and ... evacuation attempt by German 17th Army. The '60 Miles from Mandalay' headline probably refers to operations on the Shwebo plain, or to ...

... Corps, visit Pagoda Hill, overlooking Mandalay, Burma.

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 ...

... Road. Elephants piling teak - Rangoon.

Rangoon. Maymyo. Mandalay. February 1928

Ship coming into dock at ... at Rangoon. Burmese ponies. Saddling up. Rangoon - up to hills byroad to Mandalay to Maymyo. Ox cart. Llamas smoking cigars. Children and ...

... attack and supply operations in and around Mandalay, Burma.

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 ...

... 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.

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At Kanbalu, on the railway line to Mandalay, Gurkha troops pass on the march.

Gurkha troops with ... Kanbalu is a town north of Zigon and Shwebo on the Mandalay-Mogaung railway line. These Gurkhas are of 19th ...

... AND FRIENDSHIP". The dedication of a site at the Madras border where a dam will be built. IV. "FOR VALOUR". The Viceroy presents five Victoria Crosses at one parade in Delhi. V. "THE BATTLE FOR MANDALAY". The defeat of the Japanese at Mandalay.

... -in-Chief General Auchinleck hosts his annual garden party. II. "FAUJI SEVARDARNIS' PART IN THE PEOPLES WAR". A conference of Fauji Sevadarnis (women workers) attended by Lady Glancy. III. "MANDALAY". The first pictures of the fall of Mandalay.