MANDALAY OPERATIONS, BURMA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps ADC 3695 DC SOURCE: AFCF (LR-59) 695 FILM : ARCH & APC MP, 650' ea, Silent MANDALAY OPERATIONS Burma 15 Mar 1945 VS, British soldiers of 2nd Royal Berks move up along dirt road to enter Mandalay. (A few soldiers lead pack mules along road.) VS, 3" mortar team fire upon Fort Dufferin. LSs, fires rise from bomb explosions in and around fort. Excellent LSs, MSs, P=47 Thunderbolts bomb fort area. Some direct hits are visible. Short scene, two machine gunners fire from behind house. VS, His Excellency the Governor General of Bengal, Mr R G Casey and Lt Gen Sir W J Slim, commander 14th Army (Br) visit Mandalay and watch progress of battle. MCUs, Mr Casey and Gen Slim in conversation alongside plane. VS, Gen Slim and Mr Casey make interview recording at airfield for BBC corres- pondent. FSs, two VIPs together with Maj Gen T W Rees, Commander, 19th Indian Div walk thru streets, ascend covered stairway to a temple atop hill from which they watch shelling of fort. (NOTE: Film is soft-focused and has numerous scratch marks. throwghoytreel.) marks,throwshoptyree1.) ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave, LIC 1, NY Accession Number EBS/amI ILI-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities