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Scenes of Rangoon, Burma, under Japanese occupation during World War II.
Rangoon, Burma, under Japanese occupation during World War 2. Japanese propaganda film states, in Japanese, that Volunteer Corps is building a 'New 'Burma,' and that Volunteer corps training illustrates how people can enjoy and manage their freedom from the British. Burmese gather at open market in front of a hotel in Rangoon. Words "On Look Hotel" appear along with Japanese lettering on the hotel front. Several Japanese soldiers mingle amongst the crowd at an open market. All manner of foods and goods being sold. Women display fabrics. Crowd gathered in grandstand of stadium to watch Volunteer Corps training and parade. Shwedagon Paya (Pagoda), Buddhist temple seen in background. Japanese officer stands on steps and salutes as Volunteer Corps pass in review. Their most notable weapon is a machine gun mounted in a wagon.
Japanese bombing of Rangoon, Burmese citizens evacuate from bombing during WW2
Three Imperial Japanese Army light bombers (likely Mitsubishi Ki-51 Sonia Type 99 Assault Planes) drop bombs over Rangoon (present-day Yangon, Myanmar) during World War 2. Explosion from dropped bombs. Burmese child runs away. A child rides on the back of his mother running away from bombing. Japanese bombers drop more bombs over buildings in Rangoon, destroying them. Buildings on fire due to Japanese bombings. Huge fire in roof of building. Burmese refugees sit on roof of moving train cars as railroad train moves down track. Farmland on fire. Rangoon’s destroyed buildings after Japanese bombings. Buddhist statues surrounded by debris.
Imperial Japanese Army invades and bomb Mandalay, Burmese refugees flee for India, British soldiers destroy supplies during WW2
Imperial Japanese Army marches towards Mandalay, Central Burma (present-day Myanmar) during World War 2. They pass sign post reading, "Mandalay 82, Rangoon 348, Hanza 6" Imperial Japanese Army Mitsubishi G3M1 Model 11 Land-based Attack Aircraft bombers drop bombs on Mandalay. Explosion from dropped bombs as viewed from air. Children run away. Japanese bombers drop more bombs. Bomb explosion at ground level. Buildings on fire in Mandalay. A train full of evacuating Burmese locals, some holding on to railings of rail cars. Animated map showing Japanese capture of Burma. British troops in retreat driving a crowded truck. POV driving down road past long line of refugees fleeing Burma for India. Refugees in ox carts. British Army demolition squad destroys equipment and materiel, burn oil supplies to prevent Japanese Army usage. Oil derricks burning. British soldiers retreat at a running pace to small boats. British soldiers retreat on boats as oil supply burns. Huge fire from oil supply. Refugees carry their belongings, flee on foot. Line of Chines soldiers retreating. Burmese and British soldiers lead refugees on foot on elephant trails, jungle, across river and mountains, to India. Camp for Burmese refugees in India. Soldiers carry an injured patient on a stretcher. United States General Joseph Stilwell talks to a Chinese colleague. “We got run out of Burma, that's humiliating as hell. I think we ought to find out what caused it, go back and retake the place.” General Joseph Stilwell says.
Japanese troops and tanks advance to Mandalay, Burma, during World War II.
Japanese troops walking along the "Road to Mandalay" in World War 2. A road sign shows 104 miles North to Mandalay and 326 miles South to Rangoon.Cattle in a field. Road clogged with Japanese troops, some leading or riding horses. Several soldiers on bicycles.Trucks line the side of road. An official proclamation posted in Japanese and Burmese.Roadside lined with Burmese people, some carrying parasols. They offer water to passing troops and for their animals. Japanese troops drinking from their newly filled canteens. Japanese soldiers interrogate a wounded British soldier sitting on the ground. Japanese infantry files past a line of Japanese tanks. They pass another road sign pointing 82 miles to Mandalay, 348 miles to Rangoon, and 6 miles to Hanza. Japanese troops struggle to move a truck over a by-pass around a bridge destroyed by the British. Japanese officers surveying the situation. A photographer takes pictures of Japanese tanks coming over a steep hill. Japanese gun crew secures a field artillery piece in place, with rope and stakes. They then load and fire it. Rounds exploding in the distance.Tanks and other military vehicles are parked clear of the artillery, as if waiting to proceed, after the bombardment. Truck pulling a large artillery piece and infantry pulling small artillery pieces, advance alongside parked tanks. Some of the infantrymen carry Japanese flags. Japanese tanks rolling into outskirts of Mandalay, near railroad yard, past trashed military equipment.
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).
British Indian 59th Parachute division and 26th Indian Regiment capture Rangoon,Burma during World War 2
A documentary titled 'Fall of Rangoon'. Soldiers of British Indian 50th Parachute Division board aircrafts for airborne attacks on Rangoon,Burma. Soldiers of 26th Indian Regiment reach the banks of river Rangoon in boats as large number of Burmese welcome them. Soldiers march into the city without encountering enemy. Allied forces capture the city.
