As 17th Indian Division (IV Corps) approach Meiktila, Burma, they encounter more evidence of Japanese sabotage to halt ...

I. "S.E.A.C." a. WAAFs arrive (by ship) in India and, as well as starting new duties, do some sightseeing. b. ...

I. [Recent developments in aviation.] a. Sikorsky two-seater training Helicopter, Hoverfly I; commentary explains advantages over the autogiro. b. A ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, accompanied by his wife Edwina, visit areas of Singapore ...

At MacArthur Camp Lord and Lady Mountbatten talk with officers. Mountbatten inspects a guard of honour. He speaks with an ...

Two days of continuous rain reduce the roads to a sea of mud, making driving conditions challenging, around ...

Views of a troopship convoy to Singapore, views of the city, and Allied prisoners liberated from Changi prison ...

RAF Repair Units clear bomb debris from Rangoon, Burma, while transport aircraft fly despite atrocious monsoon weather.

Bomb damage ...

Reel 1: Views from the Penang Hill Railway. The carriage passes a signboard with a (long) list of rules for ...

Reel 1:Air Marshal Coryton, Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon and Group Captain David seen talking on beach airstrip on ...

The construction of a supply route through Burma's jungles and mountains by US troops under General Joseph Stilwell ...

Reel 1: At Maymyo (Pyin U Lwin) a quantity of captured Japanese biscuits are distributed to refugees. Shots of biscuits ...

RAF Republic Thunderbolt Mk II fighter-bombers are seen operating from an airstrip at Meiktila, central Burma.

Thunderbolt Mk II ...

Admirals Harcourt and Fraser, General Festing and Brigadier Hardy, make a tour of inspection of the Hong Kong ...

Film documenting the training of the Kuantan Police force, 'after three and a half years of enforced idleness ...

After crossing the Irrawaddy River, Burma, troops of the 33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division consolidate the bridgehead ...

Sherman medium tanks of 5th (Probyn's) Horse, 255th Indian Tank Brigade being carried on rafts across the Irrawaddy ...

HMS Roebuck anchors on the Thanzit River (Burma) to disembark troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade into LCIs ...

Film showing troops of 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment off duty in Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) and a visit by General ...

A Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft of the United States Army Air Force arrives at Kallang Airport, Singapore, to ...

Film demonstrating the use of a floating dock on the Rangoon river, Burma.

At Rangoon docks a wide shot ...

With the fall of the Burmese capital Rangoon the Allies stage a victory parade.

A podium with dignitaries and ...

Not long after the liberation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, and the end of the war in Europe, ...

A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...