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After the liberation of Rangoon, British troops of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, go sightseeing and visit ...
The beach at Kyaukpyu on the northern tip of Ramree Island, Burma, is used as a repair base ...
British actress Patricia Burka, serving with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), entertains airmen at Sadaung, Burma.
Patricia Burke ...
Stage and film star Patricia Burke gives an impromptu show to British troops while she is the guest ...
Film showing a number of slogans, posters and graffiti during rising political unrest in Batavia, Dutch East Indies ...
Footage depicting the unsettled political climate in Bandoeng (Bandung) in central Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
Slow pan left-to-right ...
The army use deceptive tactics in order to mislead the Japanese in preparation for the crossing of the ...
A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd ...
Three senior air officers talking in front of a parked North American Harvard aircraft; one is an Air Marshal (possibly ...
1,403 freed Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees board the RMS Orbita at Rangoon, Burma, for repatriation, ...
Former Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Siam (Thailand), board a landing craft to a ...
RAF 132 Squadron and 7155 Servicing Echelon arrive in Hong Kong onboard the Ruler-class escort carrier HMS Smiter.
Members ...
Scenes of Bristol Beaufighter Mk X's of RAF 27 Squadron operating from Chiringa airfield, India.
View of runway with ...
Supplies are packed for parachute drops from RAF transport aircraft, with aerial footage of Rangoon, Burma.
Aerial footage showing ...
RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft fly liberated Allied prisoners of war (POWs) to Rangoon, Burma, from Don Muang ...
More footage relating to an Gang Show organised by an RAF Welfare Unit on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma.
Chevrolet ...
Scenes from an RAF Gang Show performance on Akyab Island (now Sittwe, Burma).
Two Chevrolet 1.5-ton lorries drive past ...
RAF personnel leave Rangoon, Burma, by ship for leave, postings, and repatriation.
Rangoon harbour; a temporary bridge leads to ...
Several British planes carry out dive bombing attacks in the distance and smoke is seen rising from the area.
Notes
Mandalay, Burma's ...
Ballot papers are delivered by air to Calcutta, India, for distribution to RAF bases before the 1945 General ...
Men of the RAF Regiment man gun positions on troopships in the Rangoon River before sailing for Singapore.
RAF ...
Men of an RAF Regiment Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron make an amphibious landing at Rangoon, Burma.
Group Captain Harold Pleasance, ...
The reopening of the Kowloon-Lo Wu railway line gets off to a decidedly mixed start, and RAF men ...