Title:ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JFU 269
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 in progress at Rangoon golf course. Bodies of troops are formed up and another marches on to the parade ground. A 17-gun salute being fired by 25-pounder field guns (this footage fogged in parts and quite murky). Troops presenting arms and Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, inspecting them. Footage from the victory march past; a body of troops of 17th Indian Division (black cat insignia). The first man to pass camera is a Sikh officer. Other troops of 17th Division are British and so either 48th or 99th Brigade. More British troops. A contingent of African troops probably of 82nd West African Division (shield with headband and spears insignia). A unit seemingly composed of both American and Chinese troops. American contingent led by the US flag. Chinese contingent with Chinese (Nationalist) flag. More troops.
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)
Sanders, P A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
South East Asia Command (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 17th Indian Division (regiment/service)
British Army, 82nd West African Division (regiment/service)
United States Army (regiment/service)
Chinese 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)
India 1939-1945 (theme)
British Army 1939-1945 (theme)
