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Prince Henry of Gloucester (en route to take up post of Governor General in Australia?) inspects units of ...
RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers conduct an exercise in close air support near Meiktila, central Burma.
A plume of dust ...
Hawker 'Hurribomber' aircraft are rearmed at Onbauk forward airstrip on the River Irrawaddy before attacking nearby Japanese targets.
An ...
Local Chinese civilians take part in an identity parade in order to identify Japanese troops suspected of war ...
Scenes of the life of a farmer and his family in Maharashtra during the changing seasons of the year.
Amateur film of the residency at Mhow, India, and Freya Stark. stark is received by the Acting Resident Major W ...
Amateur film taken by the political agent in Quetta while on tour. Film taken by the Political Officer Mr barlow ...
Documentary: Film shows examples of different aspects of India, religion, peasan ts and sophisticated society.
In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the ...
Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.
An officer seen using a loud hailer. A ...
I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation ...
I. "SIR SHENTON THOMAS REUNITED WITH WIFE AFTER 3 AND A 1/2 YEARS OF JAPANESE INTERNMENT". At Calcutta airport, Sir ...
I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, ...
I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...
Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and ...
Hindu troops of 1st Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment, stationed in Saigon (French Indo-China, now Vietnam) celebrate the festival ...
Indian troops, many of whom had been overseas for several years serving in Africa and the Mediterranean, are ...
Scenes of Inland Water Transport operations on the River Irrawaddy in Burma.
A number of local rafts on the ...
Reel 1: A Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) being launched. A man paints an identity number (N-226) onto a Higgins barge ...
Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha ...
Motor transport of IV Indian Corps seen passing through the Oktwin area, south of Toungoo, on the road ...
Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed ...
The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome ...