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OUR TROOPS VISIT SHWEDAGON PAGODA (17/5/1945) (1945)

After the liberation of Rangoon, British troops of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, go sightseeing and visit ...

 

OVERHAULING OF LANDING CRAFT AT RAMREE (9/3/1945) (1945)

The beach at Kyaukpyu on the northern tip of Ramree Island, Burma, is used as a repair base ...

 

PATRICIA BURKE ENTERTAINS AN RAF SPITFIRE SQUADRON... (1945)

British actress Patricia Burka, serving with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), entertains airmen at Sadaung, Burma.

Patricia Burke ...

 

PATRICIA BURKE PERFORMS FOR BRITISH TROOPS AT AKYAB... (1945)

Stage and film star Patricia Burke gives an impromptu show to British troops while she is the guest ...

 

POLITICAL POSTERS AND SLOGANS IN BATAVIA (21/10/1945) (1945)

Film showing a number of slogans, posters and graffiti during rising political unrest in Batavia, Dutch East Indies ...

 

POLITICAL UNREST IN BANDOENG (27/10/1945) (1945)

Footage depicting the unsettled political climate in Bandoeng (Bandung) in central Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).

Slow pan left-to-right ...

 

PREPARATIONS FOR DRIVE ON MANDALAY (10/2/1945) (1945)

The army use deceptive tactics in order to mislead the Japanese in preparation for the crossing of the ...

 

PREPARING GROUND FOR WHARF AND SUPPLY DUMP ON RAMREE... (1945)

A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd ...

 

PRISONERS OF WAR AT SAIGON (9/1945) (1945)

Three senior air officers talking in front of a parked North American Harvard aircraft; one is an Air Marshal (possibly ...

 

PRISONERS OF WAR BOARD RMS ORBITA FOR REPATRIATION... (1945)

1,403 freed Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees board the RMS Orbita at Rangoon, Burma, for repatriation, ...

 

PRISONERS OF WAR LIBERATED FROM SIAM EMBARK AT RANGOON... (1945)

Former Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Siam (Thailand), board a landing craft to a ...

 

RAF 132 SQUADRON AND 7155 ECHELON SAIL TO HONG KONG... (1945)

RAF 132 Squadron and 7155 Servicing Echelon arrive in Hong Kong onboard the Ruler-class escort carrier HMS Smiter.

Members ...

 

RAF 27 SQUADRON BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER OPERATIONS AT CHIRINGA... (1945)

Scenes of Bristol Beaufighter Mk X's of RAF 27 Squadron operating from Chiringa airfield, India.

View of runway with ...

 

RAF AIR SUPPLY OPERATIONS NEAR RANGOON (7/1945) (1945)

Supplies are packed for parachute drops from RAF transport aircraft, with aerial footage of Rangoon, Burma.

Aerial footage showing ...

 

RAF EVACUATE ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR FROM THAILAND... (1945)

RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft fly liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs) to Rangoon, Burma, from Don Muang ...

 

RAF GANG SHOW ON AKYAB ISLAND, BURMA (21/1/1945) (1945)

More footage relating to an Gang Show organised by an RAF Welfare Unit on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma.

Chevrolet ...

 

RAF GANG SHOW ON AKYAB ISLAND, BURMA (26/1/1945) (1945)

Scenes from an RAF Gang Show performance on Akyab Island (now Sittwe, Burma).

Two Chevrolet 1.5-ton lorries drive past ...

 

RAF MEN LEAVING RANGOON (7/1945) (1945)

RAF personnel leave Rangoon, Burma, by ship for leave, postings, and repatriation.

Rangoon harbour; a temporary bridge leads to ...

 

RAF PLANES DIVE BOMBING MANDALAY (13/3/1945) (1945)

Several British planes carry out dive bombing attacks in the distance and smoke is seen rising from the area.

Notes

Mandalay, Burma's ...

 

RAF POLLING DAY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (7/1945) (1945)

Ballot papers are delivered by air to Calcutta, India, for distribution to RAF bases before the 1945 General ...

 

RAF REGIMENT BUILD-UP (25/8/1945) (1945)

Men of the RAF Regiment man gun positions on troopships in the Rangoon River before sailing for Singapore.

RAF ...

 

RAF REGIMENT LANDS AT RANGOON (5/1945) (1945)

Men of an RAF Regiment Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron make an amphibious landing at Rangoon, Burma.

Group Captain Harold Pleasance, ...

 

RAF REOPEN THE RAILWAY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LO WU (29/9/1945) (1945)

The reopening of the Kowloon-Lo Wu railway line gets off to a decidedly mixed start, and RAF men ...