ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: JFU 261
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June 1945.
  • Description: Wide shot of a parade ground at Rangoon golf course. In the foreground are a number of lorries towing Ordnance QF 6-pounder anti-tank guns and a pagoda spire can be seen in the background. Flags of the United States and Republic of China can be seen. A number of QF 40mm Bofors guns on lorries. Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns with lorries. Troops on parade are joined by further contingents who march onto the parade ground. A 25-pounder fires part of a 17-gun salute. A staff car arrives presumably carrying Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command. Panning shot over the parade with guns parked in the foreground. A column of parked vehicles in heavy rain. A number of parked self-propelled Bofors guns mounted on converted Morris Commercial C9/Bs; their turban-wearing Sikh gunners wrapped in their rain capes and waiting their turn to move. Troops waiting to take their place in the march past with sailors in the background and soldiers in the foreground. Troops marching past camera. Troops of 2nd Division march across shot. A unit of African troops. A unit of American troops, led by two flags and a pennant with two crossed pistols and marked '270 CO' so possibly a unit of US military police. They carry slung M1 Garand rifles with fixed bayonets. Jeeps pass camera, followed by Chevrolet CMP lorries towing 25-pounders. Reverse angle of guns passing.
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: JFU 261
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-06-15
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) SEAC Film Unit (Production company) MacTavish, DuncanDuncan MacTavish, service number 378125, sergeant cameraman with No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, later promoted 2nd Lieutenant 6 September 1945 (see Supplement to the London Gazette, 11 April 1947). (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person) South East Asia Command (regiment/service) British Army, 2nd Division (regiment/service) United States Army (regiment/service) Chinese Army (regiment/service) Indian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography) Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Victory Parade, Rangoon 1945, Peace Celebrations, Celebrations (event) Burma 1942-1945 (theme) British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 572 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    JFU 261

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    MGH 6204 (BURMA VICTORY PARADE & MARCH PAST [Allocated Title]) MGH 6205 (BURMA VICTORY PARADE - GOVERNMENT HOUSE [Allocated Title]) MGH 6165 (BURMA VICTORY PARADES-NAVY [Allocated Title]) MGH 6166 (MOUNTBATTEN IN UNIFORM - BURMA [Allocated Title]) JFU 264 (ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 266 (ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 268 (ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 269 (ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]) Documents.8778 (System.Xml.XmlElement) JFU 262 (ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON - SENIOR OFFICERS' CLOSE-UPS [Allocated Title]) JFU 263 (ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]) JFU 265 (ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]) Art.IWM ART LD 5227 (Lord Louis Mountbatten at Rangoon Victory Parade : 15th June 1945) ABY 108 (VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title])
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