OPERATIONS FOR CAPTURE OF MANDALAY, BURMA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 3617 DC SOURCE: AFCF (LR-56) 617 FILM: ARCH MP & APC MP, Silent, 9251 ea OPERATIONS FOR CAPTURE OF MANDALAY Burma March 1945 VS, British Punjab Regt marching thru Mandalay surburbs. LSs, planes bombing Japanese positions near Mandalay. CU, British Gen Stopford observing burning pagoda from temple on hilltop. VS, blazing pagoda near Mandalay Hill. VS, native troops in position on temple grounds. MSs, large idols inside temple. MSs, British Gen Reese watching battle and talking with British troops. Pan, LS, Mandalay and adjacent terrain. MSs, two dead Japanese soldiers. LSs, MSs, burning pagoda; tanks moving in fg. LSs, MSs, P-47s bombing and strafing Japanese positions. Record Group 111 Accession Number III_NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY MS/es

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities