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.
Supplies dropped at the OSS (Office of Strategic Services in Kachin, Burma. Supplies are parachute dropped over the jungle area. View of supplies with parachutes dropped from a plane overhead. The supplies descend and fall on the ground below. Parachutes opening. The aircraft drops supplies.
Supplies dropped at the OSS (Office of Strategic Services in Kachin, Burma. Supplies are parachute dropped over the jungle area. Supplies with parachutes dropped from a plane overhead. Supplies descend and fall on the ground below. Parachutes opening. The aircraft drops supplies.
Locals in Kachin village, Burma. Villagers lay out their catch to dry in the jungle area. Men, women and children gathered around. The fish catch in a basket. Fishermen and women la out their catch on banana leaves to dry in the sun. A man looks at the fish laid out. Men seated at a table.
Kachin guerilla activity in Burma. Kachin troops in formation in the jungle area. An officer talks to the lined up guerilla soldiers. They practice rife shooting. A guerilla inspects his weapon. He removes a long dagger, inspects it and puts it back in the case. Young boys and men guerilla soldiers. (World War II period).
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