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An RAF Repair and Salvage Unit recovers a crashed Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber near Sagaing, Burma.
A jeep and a ...
In order to get the railways of Burma in working condition a company of Indian Engineers salvages rolling ...
Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops ...
An experimental Type B Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) is assembled and launched, with some difficulty, on the River ...
Scenes of airfield preparation, fighter and RAF Regiment operations and airfield life on Ramree Island, Burma.
Panning shots of ...
Japanese General Heitaro Kimura and senior staff officers surrender their swords at the headquarters of Twelfth Army at ...
In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...
Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt, Senior British Naval Officer Hong Kong, inspects airmen and aircraft of RAF ...
Airmen enjoy some time on leave in Bombay (Mumbai), India, while awaiting embarkation for return to the United ...
Harbour of Akyab Island, Burma, with Merchant Marine ships anchored offshore and the unloading of supplies to landing ...
Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees are liberated from Japanese captivity and evacuated by RAF aircraft ...
Former Allied prisoners of war (POWs), recently released from Japanese captivity, arrive in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) en ...
Internees climbing a gangway to board HMS Sussex. Reverse angle showing same. Civilian ex-internees (on the flag deck?) with a ...
Recently liberated Allied prisoners of war and internees are shown around the Royal Navy London Class heavy cruiser ...
With the Allied reoccupation Japanese troops are used to remove stores of Japanese 'banana' money from banks in ...
Shot on 7 October 1945: footage from a landing craft approaching the shore showing two Landing Craft Assaults (LCAs) and ...
A survey of the damage done to the Ava Bridge over the Irrawaddy River, Burma, is carried out ...
The first batch of freed civilian internees leave Stanley Camp, Hong Kong, and are evacuated by the Royal ...
With the Japanese surrender and Allied occupation of south east Asia, large numbers of forced labourers are returned ...
Documentary on the war in Burma.
An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.
Description of the logistic problems of ...
After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian extremists, the village of Bekassi ...
Scenes of the aftermath of a raid by Japanese aircraft against the motor transport of 123rd Brigade and ...