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  1. Elephants Aid Allies

    Date released
    3 Jan 1944
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    44/1
    NoS ID
    100230
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Elephants in Burma doing the work of coolies. They push large tree trunks about with ease, tow heavy loads such as guns, etc.

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  2. 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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  3. News Flashes - Stop Press

    Date released
    6 Mar 1944
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    1358
    NoS ID
    039080
    Story no
    5 / 6
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Blenheims bomb Japanese concentrations at Minbya.

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  4. Raids in the Rain

    Date released
    6 Mar 1944
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    44/19
    NoS ID
    100303
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Pathe cameraman Oscar Bovill accompanies Blenheim bombers on a raid over the jungles of Burma. Following reports of Japanese troop concentrations, the raid is carried out under abnormal conditions in the...

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  5. On the Arakan Front

    Date released
    1 May 1944
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    44/35
    NoS ID
    100356
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Commando excursion to a forward assault base on the Mayu coastline of Burma, to draw Japanese attention from the real point of attack. Allied troops go in by assault craft and land.

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. The 14th Army in Arakan

    Date released
    27 Nov 1944
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    44/95
    NoS ID
    100554
    Story no
    4 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    British soldiers in the jungle of Burma firing bren guns, and loading and firing 25 pounders in their constant battle against the Japanese. With pack mules they trek through jungle and across streams. In...

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  10. Burma Background

    Date released
    30 Nov 1944
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    44/96
    NoS ID
    100556
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Burmese natives load barges with supplies for British troops in Burma. GVs as the boats sail up a Burmese river on the first stage of the 15 to 20 day journey. At a certain place the cargoes have to be...

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