Title:MARCH PAST IN RANGOON AFTER SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 249
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: After a service of thanksgiving in Rangoon to mark the end of the war in Europe the troops of 26th Indian Division stage a march past.
Description: Officers arrive by jeep. March past; the cameraman has positioned himself in the middle of the road and the detachments of troops and sailors pass him on both sides. Troops on parade. Major-General Chambers, commander of 26th Indian Division and Military Governor of Rangoon, inspects the assembled troops. Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns fire a salute; one shot results in a bright flash at the muzzle of the gun. Close-up of a gun team in their textbook drill positions. A 25-pounder. The saluting base for the march past with Chambers and the divisional padre. Brigadier Lauder, commander of 36th Brigade, leads the march past. Chambers taking the salute with troops passing in the foreground.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
SEAC Film Unit (Production company)
Bryan-Smyth, G E (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Chambers, Henry Maurice (person)
Indian Army, 26th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Rangoon, Burma (geography)
Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Liberation of Rangoon 1945, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
