British Storm Island off Burma

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/70

Paramount Issue No.

1467

Date Released

22 Mar 1945

Released by Paramount

26 Mar 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Other Man’s Job: Filling Ten-Ton Tess
2. 2Remagen Bridge Collapses
3. 3British Storm Island off Burma
4. 4Balloons Warn Germans

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

Cheduba occupied - one more stepping stone to Rangoon; taken by Royal Marines and East Indian Navy. Indian troops carry the wounded to safety. Burmese villages are liberated. RAF fighters pave the way for capture of Mandalay.

Keywords

Aviation; Navy; Casualties; Military

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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