... DOWN". The "Stand Down" parade of the Madras Auxiliary Fire Services after four years of service. IV. "SUPREMO IN MANDALAY PRESAGES ANNIHILATION OF ENEMY IN BURMA". Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia arrives in Mandalay ...

... 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 ...

... WORLD WARGB

Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by ... and artillery damage. Another outlying village burns.

Notes

Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great ...

... given a representative building in which to advertise their culture and their wares: for example, the Burmese pavilion was based on a temple in Mandalay; the Ceylonese pavilion was modelled on the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy; and Hong Kong by a street of ...

... logs (255). Various views of the Queen's Convent (Nandaw?) in Mandalay including MS carvings in teak (335). In the Great Royal Park ... of pagoda and statues of Buddha in the Royal Park (535). Mandalay market scenes - stalls, porters, ox carts, people (646). ...

... 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, ...

... IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

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 ...

... look out over the wall and moat of the fort.

Mandalay railway station is badly damaged and the tracks have been ... Louis Mountbatten visits Fort Dufferin and King Thibaw's Palace, Mandalay, Burma, after British soldiers captured them from the Japanese ...