Burma Victory

Burma Victory is a 1945 British documentary about the Burma Campaign during World War Two. It was directed by Roy Boulting.

Production

The film was a project of Louis Mountbatten. It was originally meant to be a US-British co-production but neither side could agree on what emphasis to place on the film. The Americans made their own documentary.[1]

Reception

According to Kinematograph Weekly the film performed well at the British box office in 1945.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jeffrey Richards, "Forgotten War Remembered", History Today
  2. ↑ Robert Murphy, Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p 208
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