British Movietone
SWEEPING UP THE DREGS
These pictures of Japanese prisoners in Burma reached London just about the time of Japan's unconditional surrender was being signed aboard the ""Missouri"". Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
LORD MOUNTBATTEN BACK IN BURMA
Lord and Lady Mountbatten were in Burma to present, on behalf of the King and the Government of India, the silver carpet and royal table of King Theebaw. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
BURMA INDEPENDENCE
The Union Jack comes down in Rangoon to be replaced by the Burmese National flag. As power is transferred Burma's last governor, Sir Hubert Rance departs. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
ADMIRAL LORD MOUNTBATTEN
Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma has been appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
British Movietone
SURRENDERS - MANILA AND RANGOON
Lieutenant-General Kawabe met the Japanese surrender delegates who landed at Manila. Lieutenant-General Sutherland represented General MacArthur in explaining that arrangements were being made for the signing of the unconditional...
Curated Video
Myanmar, Life on the Water - Inle lake
Inle Lake is in the Shan Hills of Myanmar. At its southwestern edge, Phaung Daw Oo Paya is a tiered pagoda with gilded Buddha statues. In the hills, near the market town of Indein, the stupas of Shwe Inn Dein Pagoda resemble a field of...
Bridgeman Arts
Scenes from war in Malaya and Burma, 1948
British and colonial troops in service to protect Malaya's rubber plantations and tin mines from the guerillas. Soldiers marching, and shooting. Soldier with a machete. Malayan civilian and farmland.
Curated Video
Myanmar Leader Detained In Military Coup
The military detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declared a one-year state of emergency.
Curated Video
U.N. Court Says Myanmar Must Protect Minority Amid Fears Of Genocide
International Court of Justice says Myanmar must act to safeguard its minority Rohingya population, which has faced sweeping military assaults.
Bridgeman Arts
General MacArthur's offensive in the South West Pacific, 1943
General MacArthur's offensive in the Pacific, 1943. Battle, troops crossing the jungle rivers, Prisoners of War, Burma, 1943.
Curated Video
Human Right report offers mixed picture on Asia
1. Wide shot of Kenneth Roth at press conference
2. Cutaway of press
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kenneth Roth, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch:
"There's been a setback in human rights in Burma (Myanmar) over the last year. A modest...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Workers Constructing New Railroad In Burma
A dirt road in Burma / men working with sacks of supplies / pack mule walking over a narrow wooden bridge / pack mules walking in line / river in mountainous jungle area / man pushing plunger on an explosion device / side of mountain...
Curated Video
Friction at APEC over policy towards Myanmar
Bangkok, Thailand - October 20, 2003
1. Leaders speaking to each other in circle at retreat
2. Different set of leaders speaking to each other
3. US President George W. Bush talking to leaders
4. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir...
Curated Video
Burma - Precious stones
(Duration: 4 minutes 41 seconds)
MUSIC: 'Crystal Vision' by Mo Foster; track 5, Crystal Vision
The troubled and often secretive state of Myanmar, known to most
of the world as Burma, has attracted international criticism in
recent years...
Curated Video
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STORY: In the past few years, the Golden Triangle in
south East Asia has yielded bumper crops of the opium
poppy, except in Thailand, where crop substitution
projects have helped...
Curated Video
A Fraction Of Global Refugees Resettle In The U.S. Who Are They?
Around 1.5% of global refugees in need of resettlement become U.S. refugees. What sets them apart, and how does the U.S. select them?
Curated Video
AUSTRALIA: SYDNEY: US SECRETARY OF STATE ALBRIGHT VISIT
English/Nat
The U-S and Australia fear that Myanmar's crackdown on dissent could lead to social chaos and a flood of refugees into Thailand.
Emerging from talks with Australian Foreign Minster Alexander Downer on Friday, U-S Secretary of...
Curated Video
BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S REACTION TO US IMPOSING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
English/Nat
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has praised President Bill Clinton Friday for imposing economic sanctions on her country's military government.
Speaking on Friday, Suu Kyi said Clinton's decision to bar new U-S...
Curated Video
Pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi urges world's business to invest in Myanmar
1. Wide shot of forum session at World Economic Forum
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Schwab, Co-founder and chairwoman of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship:
"Just today we received a very special message from a very special...
Curated Video
Business forum opens, comments by Badawi, delegates meet
AP Television News
1. Wide shot business forum
2. Mid shot Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar talking with ASEAN Secretariat Ong Keng-Yong and Malaysian Prime Minister Ahmed Abdullah Badawi writing
3. Tight shot of Badawi...
Curated Video
International Court Opens Investigation Into Crimes Against Rohingya
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor requested the investigation following repeated allegations of persecution and ethnic cleansing.
Curated Video
Myanmar Shuts Down Facebook, Twitter Amid Coup Protests
Internet clampdown came as protests over the coup took over the streets of Yangon, Myanmar's largest city.
Curated Video
USA: ALBRIGHT ON INTERNATIONAL DRUGS TRADE
English/Nat
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Wednesday announced that Afghanistan and Myanmar remain ineligible for US aid because they are not cooperating in the fight against the international drugs trade.
The U-S State...