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Burma’s Hurricanes Sweep Our Skies

Date released

16 Jan 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1031

NoS ID

037642

Story no

2 / 3

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Squadron-Leader Tuck, with bag of twenty-six, leads squadron of Hurricanes given by Burma. Also scenes of RAF convalescents in hospital.

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Action in Burma

Date released

17 Jan 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/5

NoS ID

100249

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

The 14th Army’s on the Arakan Front. Together with men of the Indian army they are seen advancing through jungle area, with stretcher parties picking up the wounded. Mortars fire on a Burmese village which...

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Japs Trapped at Imphal

Date released

15 May 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/39

NoS ID

100373

Story no

3 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Pictures from the Assam-Burma border show Indian infantry in the hills of Manipur, in action and Indian infantry advancing through wooden area past bodies of dead Japanese soldiers.

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Edinburgh Honours Lord and Lady Louis

Date released

25 Jan 1954

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2455

NoS ID

153737

Story no

1 / 7

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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Maharajah Troops His Colours with Lord Mountbatten

Date released

2 Feb 1948

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

48/10

NoS ID

102188

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Earl and Countess Mountbatten visit Indian state for colourful trooping of the colour.

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Warriors Make Whoopee

Date released

28 Dec 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/104

NoS ID

100589

Story no

3 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Head-hunting tribes from the Chin Hills in Burma celebrate victory over the Japanese by dancing. An added attraction is the bride’s dance performed by girls in competition for marriage. In South Africa,...

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The Forgotten Army

Date released

12 Oct 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/82

NoS ID

100508

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Men of the Chindits in action behind Japanese lines in Burma. Chinese troops advance through jungle joining up with the Chindits. Dakotas drop supplies by air. A stream is forded with bamboo canes cut by the...

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Burma - Arakan Front

Date released

8 Apr 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/28

NoS ID

099919

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

British and Indian troops disembark from sanpans on their way to the front in the Arakan Province. In the hill country known as the Arakan Yoma the men are seen at their firing positions, advancing and...

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Front Line Newspaper (Commentary by Major Frank Owen)

Date released

1 Feb 1945

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

45/10

NoS ID

100621

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Men of the 14th Army advancing through mud in the jungle of Burma, but wherever they are they have their own newspaper delivered to them. General scenes inside the office of the SEAC newspaper in Calcutta....

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Rangoon

Date released

31 May 1945

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

45/44

NoS ID

100716

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Landing on Rangoon by British and Indian troops. Landing craft enter Rangoon docks and troops enter the city.

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