... WARGB

The final assault on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, from the air takes place and British troops of ... bombing run. Two planes swoop past the camera position on Mandalay Hill on a bombing run and more smoke rises from the ...

... SECOND WORLD WARGB

Mandalay, Burma's second city, has been ... sidings forwards. British troops visit a stall in Mandalay and barter with the local ... showing the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) at work in Mandalay, see related items. ...

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

Some of the civilian population of Mandalay, Burma, are treated for malnutrition, disease and shrapnel and bullet wounds in a temporary hospital.

The hospital ...

... EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

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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Messages home from British Army personnel in Mandalay, Burma to their loved ones in the Worcester area. External scenes (evidence of the aftermath of the fighting in Mandalay in background).

Notes

See 'Keep smiling, keep those chins ...

... 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 ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILMGB

Horses are led passed crowd at racecourse. Lord and Lady Dorman-Smith present silver bowl to Indian racehorse owner ? and British officer. Brief shot of the Dorman-Smiths taking their seats, along with several British ...

... 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 ...

... civilian police holdback large crowds of onlookers.

II. 'VICTORY AT MANDALAY.' Indian troops load 75mm pack howitzers into the ... Mk IIC fighter-bombers attack Japanese positions on Mandalay Hill. RAF Republic (P-47) Thunderbolt Mk II fighter aircraft ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Air Marshal Coryton, Air Officer Commanding RAF Third Tactical Air Force and US General Stratemeyer, head of Eastern Air Command, visit British and ...

... 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 ...