Veterans visit Burma for WW2 anniversary

Title

Veterans visit Burma for WW2 anniversary

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

11 Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

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 Second World War. Includes sermon by Vice Marshal Sir Bernard Chacksfield, Chairman of the Burma Star Association; interview with Edith Myhill, widow of Japanese POW.

Contributors

Paul Maurice; Bernard Chacksfield; Edith Myhill

Keywords

UK; Great Britain; International relations; Michael Heseltine; Second World War (1939-1945); Prisoners of War; Wars (events); Cabinet ministers; Commemorative events; Burma; Remembrance day; Anniversaries; Veterans (Armed Forces)

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