Rangoon (1942)

Rangoon. (Yangon). Burma (Myanmar). Various shots of Rangoon, aircraft fly overhead and drop bombs. M/S as men ride elephants out of the water. Various shots of monkeys and a boy shinning up and down a coconut tree. A woman smokes a cigar whilst holding her daughter on her knee. Various shots of the Buddhist temples, people kneel at the shrine. Various shots of statues of the Gods. The camera pans up a temple. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed o