... troops move forward to capture a Japanese position just north of Mandalay, Burma.

19th Indian Division take a Japanese ... large Japanese supply dump.

Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...

... 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- ...

... ammunition.

Notes

Despite the dopesheet referring to an impending attack on Mandalay, at the time this film was shot 2nd ... of Central Burma, such as the capture of Meiktila and Mandalay. In particular a deception scheme known as 'Cloak' was ...

Rangoon, Mandalay, Penang Funeral', 1930s

... smoke is seen rising from the area.

Notes

Mandalay, Burma's second city, was an objective of great importance ... a large Japanese supply dump.

Operations for the capture of Mandalay were extensively covered by other British Army cameramen. ...

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 ...

... 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 ...