... 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.

... 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 ...

... as Stiletto Force of 19th Indian Division advances towards Mandalay, Burma's second city.

A queue of motor vehicles, mostly ... and Punjabi troops which was tasked with driving to Mandalay. This is probably referring to 'Stiletto Force' which comprised ...

... along a road. View of the distant Mandalay Hill with bare trees in the ... Division close in on Burma's second city of Mandalay and fierce fighting erupts as troops ... on the number cameramen covering operations at Mandalay. These included British, Indian and ...

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In Mandalay, Burma's second city, the stronghold ... on the wall of the fort with Mandalay Hill rising in the background. Smouldering ... them. Troops passing jeeps. From Mandalay Hill; aircraft attacking the walls ...

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Footage of the bombardment of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, as seen from Mandalay Hil.

... . Thunderbolt attacking with time-delay bombs. An aircraft passes Mandalay Hill at approximately the same level as the ...

... -held Fort Dufferin.

View from Mandalay Hill; a Republic Thunderbolt fighter aircraft ... a number of service and commercial cameraman, to Mandalay Hill. For other coverage of this visit, see related items.

Mandalay fell a few days after this film ...

... back of a jeep while Slim walks round to the passenger's side; Rees and Vincent follow.

After the fall of Mandalay, Burma's second city, Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim (commander 14th Army) leads a ceremonial flagraising in Fort Dufferin.

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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.

... 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, ...

... , troops of the 6th Rajputana Rifles advance south towards Mandalay, Burmas second city.

.Indian troops, including a number of ... point had crossed the Irrawaddy and received orders to advance south on Mandalay. 62nd Brigade had its flank on the river, ...