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The World About Us: The Road to Mandalay

on BBC Two England

A journey through Burma

This is the first film for ten years to be shot in Burma by a British cameraman. Specially made to coincide with the London visit of the Burmese National Dance Company, it shows many famous places in Burma from the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Rangoon to the floating islands of Lake Inle and the rebuilt walls of Mandalay.

Contributors

Film Cameraman:
John Bulmer
Film Editor:
Allan Tyrer
Presented by:
John Drummond

BBC Two England

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