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Rangoon Burma 1940 stock footage and images

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Bombing campaign of United States AAF B-24 heavy bombers over Rangoon in Burma.

United States B-24 heavy bombers over Rangoon in Burma. View of B-24 heavy bombers flying towards the target areas: Wharfs and a railroad depot. Bombers drop bombs over the targets. Airman with mounted gun hits target areas. Smoke clouds arise due to the impact of bombing. Aerial view of the city. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, December 1
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030717
American, Australian, New Zealand and Chinese troops participate in victory parade in Rangoon, Burma.

Allied troops participate in a victory parade in Rangoon, Burma towards the end of World War II. The troops of the United States, British forces of Australia, New Zealand and China are gathered on a grassy field. They stand in formation and parade on the field. An artillery gun is fired in honor. Dignitaries review the parade.

Date: 1945, June 15
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060850
Views of temples in Rangoon, Burma

The Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, Burma (present day Yangon, Myanmar). A person walks past temple, carrying large bouquet of what appears to be flower-like objects. Two large Chinthe (stylized lion statues) standing guard by a pagoda on Mandalay Hill. A girl feeding pigeons in front of a temple. (Scaffolding seen on nearby structure.) Costumed men, on elevated outdoor stage, send decorated Chariot carrying several men, up inclined cables, toward a temple tower. They are watched by a crowd of spectators, seated on the ground. A temple in the woods. Silhouette of temple gate. A temple reflected in a lake.

Date: 1945
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031639
Japanese drop bombs over Rangoon, Burma.

U.S. official film about the capture of Borneo Oil Fields in Asia. Japanese pilots on Indo-China airfield briefed. Officer commands the soldiers. Soldiers in line salute. Fighter planes start engine and take off. Planes in flight. Map shows position of planes in flight. Planes drop bombs on Rangoon, Burma. Aerial view of bomb explosion in field. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675046487
Japanese Lieutenant General Numata and British Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning signs the surrender treaty in Rangoon.

Signing of the surrender treaty by Japanese General at Burma Government House in Rangoon towards the end of World War II. The British delegation take their places at the conference table in the Government House. British Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning, Lord Mountbatten's Chief of Staff, explains surrender terms. The British officers present documents to Japanese Lieutenant General T Numata. General Numata signs the documents, after which General Browning signs.

Date: 1945, August 28
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074219
The Allied prisoners of war freed in Rangoon (WW2)

Liberated Allied prisoners of war in Rangoon, Burma during World War II. Exterior of a building. A flag on the flag pole at the top of the building. The prisoners march in the war damaged area. They carry a wounded on a stretcher. They walk near a harbor. Ships at the harbor. Houses in the background.

Date: 1945
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045827