U.S. 5307th Composite Unit en route to Burma. U.S. 1st Battalion near Hell's Gate lead pack mules over the Ledo Road. Soldiers pass a sign board which reads: 'God be with you', 'Welcome to Borderville' and 'Pangsau pass'. Brigadier General Frank Merrill watches the troops crossing into Burma.
Tanks of the 50th Indian tank brigade cross the Kalapanzin River in Buthidaung, Burma. Tanks go on road soldier sits on tank and soldiers walk past tanks. Soldiers stand in water and hold raft with the help of ropes. Tank loads onto raft. Other tank also stands on raft. Soldiers assemble logs of raft (World War II period).
50th Indian tank brigade and Yorkshire and Lancashire regiment soldiers carry ammunition and supplies across Kalapanzin River in Buthidaung, Burma. Tanks on raft. British-Indian soldiers stand on raft past tank. Soldiers carry bundle of barbed wire and place it on raft. Japanese held position on the other side of river. British soldiers of the 27th Field Regiment Royal Artillery and 63rd Indian field Company, ferry pontoon raft with guns and ammunition. Water flows in river. Yorkshire and Lancashire regiment soldiers carry ammunition and supply in field and place it on ground. They ferry equipment and supply on sampans, down river. Soldiers push artillery and load United States jeep on sampans and ferry it. (World War II period).
Yorkshire and Lancashire regiment crosses Kalapanzin River in Buthidaung, Burma. Yorkshire and Lancashire regiment soldiers push artillery on pontoon raft. Soldiers push Jeep on raft. Soldiers ferry raft and sampan on water. Soldiers sit and stand on sampan and raft. Sampans at the river bank. Soldiers on sampans play trumpet. (World War II period).
Lord Louis Mountbatten inspects the 51st Brigade of the 25th Indian Division XV corps in forward area of Buthidaung in Burma. British Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia comes. He shakes hand with an officer. Mountbatten speaks with the enlisted men. Lieutenant General S A M Browning, Chief of General staff of South East Asia Command (SEAC) accompanies Mountbatten. (World War II period).
Pedestrians and vehicular traffic near intersection of Sule Pagoda Road and Merchant Street in Rangoon Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar). Golden spire of Sule Pagoda can be seen in the distance. Camera pans up road to the newly constructed Reserve Bank of India building. Natives in ox-carts and cycle rickshaws. Views of British colonial architecture buildings along a busy street. Pedestrians and vehicular traffic outside a tall building. Small boats docked near a staircase that leads up to a bridge and buildings near the river. A man posing with the Shwedagon Pagoda in the background. Another view of the Shwedagon Pagoda, as seen looking down a street. People at a horse racing track watch (possibly Rangoon Turf Club). View of well-dressed spectators on the grounds and in the stands watching the horse racing event.
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