... a multi-national force comprising American and Chinese troops in addition to British 36th Division. The repair of the Mogaung-Mandalay railway line was an important part of improving communications in this area.

Colonel Dupuy was the commander of an ...

... harvesting by hand, treading out the grain, winnowing on tripod, followed by dry ploughing and dry harrowing. Various scenes of Mandalay and Fort Dufferin include the Eastern Audience Hall.

Reel 5: (Swiming and canal picnic)

Reel 6: ("Our dumb ...

... gyration of the leg at the hip. Pagodas and stupas at Yawnghwe (shotlist ‘Yuangshweh’). Roadside scenes outside Mandalay; study of two young Burmese girls. Elephant pushing cut timbers with trunk and feet (shot list: ‘a valuable record ...

... at Lucknow; riverside view of Benares (?). BURMA: Buddhist temple; Mandalay Fort; cannon and cannon balls; interior of temple; Burmese in distinctive longwi dress in courtyard of palace (Mandalay ?); construction of pipeline beside railway line in hills; ...

... , it also provides a fairly rare glimpse of Major-General Rees (who not long before had been overseeing his division's assault on Mandalay) in an informal setting. For more film coverage of this party, and of Maymyo more generally, see related items.

... WORLD WARGB

Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, visits a forward airfield on the Mandalay Front, Burma.

Air Marshal Park talking with Group Captain H Goddard and Air Vice Marshal Vincent, Air ...

... A Chevrolet CMP lorry pulls out on to a road and passes a sign reading 'Mandalay'. Close-up of the driver's cab. Close-up of the sign reading 'Mandalay' with two local Burmese children squatting on the ground next to it. A group ...

... mythical lion-like guardian. Walking up the covered southern steps of Mandalay Hill (AKA Pagoda Hill or Monastery Hill). Mountbatten ... of the fort and city.

Notes

Mountbatten's visits to Mandalay were also covered by British Army cameramen. See ...

... so details as to location, date, unit, etc are unclear. See also JFU 236, which probably shows the same visit. Reference to Sadaung and Sagaing means this footage may be related to Mountbatten's visit to Mandalay, after its fall in late March 1945.

... of peasant agriculture and Buddhist temple bells near Mandalay, Burma.

Burmese peasant farmers thresh grain using ... .['] [This something of a misquote of Kipling's 1892 poem 'Mandalay'].

Dopesheet refers to separately recorded sound of temple ...

... of the Prince of Wales' tour of India and Burma, 1921-22. Covering Bombay, Poona, Bharatpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Benares, Rangoon, Mandalay, Nepal, Madras, Patiala and the Khyber Pass. Also featuring a tiger hunt, pig-sticking, horse racing, polo and ...

... 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 ...