Title:ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON [Allocated Title]
Film Number:JIN 79
Other titles:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Following the British reoccupation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, a victory parade is staged and Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, takes the salute.
Description: Oblique angle from street level, of senior Allied officers on the saluting base; Lord Mountbatten standing in front. It is raining heavily. Indian troops march past. Mountbatten at salute. British troops of 17th Indian Division march past. Indian band playing. Lieutenant Ferris holds up his slate. Wide shot with the spire of the Shwedagon Pagoda visible. Wide shot over the troops on parade at Rangoon golf course. A body of troops marching onto the parade ground. Smoke from a gun salute. Long lens footage; Mountbatten’s car arrives. Mountbatten inspects the guard. More footage of the march past, high shot from opposite the saluting base; a Humber armoured car passes. Sailors march past. Soldiers pass. Street level shot; soldiers pass with rain splashing on the road surface. Indian troops of 20th Indian Division passing. Mountbatten saluting. Indian troops pass.
Alternative Title:INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Public Relations Directorate, India (Production sponsor)
Indian Public Relations Film Unit (Production company)
Ferris, A (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl) (person)
Indian Army, 20th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Indian Army, 17th Indian Division (regiment/service)
Keywords: Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event)
Rangoon, Burma (geography)
