ATTACK ON FORT DUFFERIN, MANDALAY, BURMA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3526 DC SOURCE: AFCF (LR-53) 526 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, Silent, 1, 033' ea ATTACK ON FORT DUFFERIN Mandalay, Burma 10 Mar 1945 Seq: British Maj Gen Rees talking to other officers, looking at map at roadside. Rees watches and waves to Indian troops and British tanks as they move along dusty road. MS, group of Indian soldiers around dying Japanese soldier. MS, M- medium tank firing. VS, M-3 tanks, followed by Indian soldiers advance over hilly terrain. MS, two Burmese natives talking with British officers. Seq: Maj Gen Rees and Lt Gen M G M Stopford with other British officers observing and directing fire. LSs, tanks and infantry advance twd Mandalay Hill. LSs, smoke screen being laid in front of Ft Dufferin. MCU, wounded Indian soldier crawls behind brick wall. Record Group 111 MS, LSs, troops and tanks fire and advance twd the fort. Accession Number III-NAV-210 VS, wounded Indian soldiers being carried to aid station. LSs, machine gun and tank firing on Japanese-held temple on hill. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities