AERIAL SURVEY OF MAYMYO, BURMA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AERIAL SURVEY OF MAYMYO, BURMA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 83
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: A low-altitude aerial survey of bomb damage in and around Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), Burma.
  • Description: Low altitude (c.100-ft) air-to-ground footage of Maymyo, showing buildings with varying degrees of bomb damage. Some buildings are roofless, others totally destroyed. Bomb damage to nearby railway tracks (probably the Lashio-Mandalay line).
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ABY 83
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-03-16
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Woodcock, Sidney Leslie1945-05-02Flight Lieutenant Sidney Leslie Woodcock, service number 175562, cameraman with No.3 Royal Air Force Film Production Unit. Killed in action 2 May 1945 while filming from a Mosquito of 110 Squadron RAF over Rangoon, Burma. Buried in Rangoon War Cemetery alongside his pilot, Flight Lieutenant John George Buchanan (415744) see [http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2261432 accessed 24 February 2011] (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Maymyo, Burma (geography) Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Far East 1939-1945 (theme) Burma 1942-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 61 ft; Running time: 1 min
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    ABY 83

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    JFU 177 (SERVICEMEN LAY ON A CHILDREN'S PARTY AT MAYMYO [Allocated Title]) JFU 178 (SERVICEMEN LAY ON A CHILDREN'S PARTY AT MAYMYO [Allocated Title]) JIN 33 (LIFE RETURNS TO MAYMYO [Allocated Title])
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