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Mountbatten Visits Burma

Date released

5 Apr 1948

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

48/28

NoS ID

102300

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Earl and Countess Mountbatten visit Republic of Burma and meet the people in colourful setting of Eastern pageantry.

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Reith Lectures 2011: Securing Freedom (2 Parts) (2011)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Lecture 1 : LIBERTY - in the first of two Reith 2011 Lectures, Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi explores what freedom means. Reflecting on her own experience under house arrest in Burma, she...

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Burma veteran returns (1985)

Genre

Interview

Interview with World War Two veteran Arthur Freer during his visit to Burma for memorial events to commemorate the end of the war. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Paul Maurice).

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Burma - Latest Pictures

Date released

30 Apr 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/35

NoS ID

099397

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

General Chiang Kai-Shek accompanied by his wife arrive in Burma for talks with British military leaders. Meanwhile Indian and Burmese troops advance on the township of Shwegyin to recapture it after Japanese...

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Veterans visit Burma for WW2 anniversary (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Paul Maurice reports on a visit by UK Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine to Burma during a Remembrance Day pilgrimage by 230 veterans and relatives commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the end of the...

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Battle in Burma

Date released

18 May 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/40

NoS ID

100378

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The late General Wingate, seen with Admiral Mountbatten, inspecting Wingate’s Raiders at a Burma base. With the death of Wingate, his carefully laid plans are still being carried out, and British and...

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The Road to China - Story of the Ledo-Burma Road Told by Major Frank Owen

Date released

8 Mar 1945

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

45/20

NoS ID

100654

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Aerial view of the Ledo road passing through mountains. American vehicles driving along the road and crossing bridge. Chinese labourers at work on the Burma Road, breaking, sorting and carrying stones....

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Texas: Many Perish in Oil Blaze

Date released

6 Aug 1956

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2357

NoS ID

073539

Story no

2 / 10

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Burma: earthquake damage.

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Closing a Chapter in Burma

Date released

28 May 1942

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

876

NoS ID

062784

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

Including the RAF raid Matabaan.

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Japanese Defeat in Burma. 14th Army with Its Air Power in Action in Burma

Date released

17 Apr 1944

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1073

NoS ID

064116

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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