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PUNJABIS RETURN TO SARAWAK (1946)

Indian troops of 9th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment arrive at Kuching, capital of Sarawak, after a complex transshipping ...

 

ROYAL NAVY AMENITY SHIP MV MENESTHEUS - THE FLOATING... (1946)

Technical documentary illustrates the brewing plant installed in 1945 on board a converted Blue Funnel Line Amenities ship ...

 

SCHOOL (1946)

Documentary how Jewish children were taught in Palestine synagogue schools 2000 years ago.

 

SONS OF SINBAD (1946)

Journeys by dhow from Kuwait to East Africa and back, filmed in 1936-38 and 1946.

 

SONS OF SINBAD: PARTIAL COLOUR ORIGINAL (1946)

ORIGINAL COLOUR FOOTAGE FOR LAST SECTION OF SONS OF SINBAD: EAST AFRICA, SOUTH ARABIAN SHORE, KUWAIT

 

SYNAGOGUE AND PASSOVER (1946)

Documentary on the religious life in Jerusalem during the time of Christ.

 

THE WHITE RAJAH OF SARAWAK RETURNS TO KUCHING (1946)

Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, the third Raja (Rajah) of Sarawak (on the island of Borneo) returns ...

 

TRAVELLERS (1946)

Reconstruction of a Sabbath in Palestine in Biblical days.

 

VICTORY PARADE (1946) enhanced entry

Colonial troops in England for the Victory Parade on 8 June 1946.

Colonial troops arrive in Britain for the Victory Parade. ...

 

VISIT TO HUNAN (1946)

Journey to Hunan, China. Followed by aspects of Chinese life. The work of the Methodist hospital at Shaoyang and their ...

 

WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS NO 259 ((?) 22/4/1946) (1946) enhanced entry

I. 'TRANSJORDAN TREATY SIGNED.' Emir Abdullah of Transjordan arrives in Britain by British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Avro York airliner ...

 

WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS NO 268 ((?) 24/6/1946) (1946)

I. 'LATEST HAIR FASHIONS.' A male wig maker prepares a tressed hairpiece made from buffalo's tail. Girls are fitted with ...

WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS NO 275 (12/8/1946)

WORLD PICTORIAL NEWS NO 275 (12/8/1946) (1946)has video enhanced entry

I. 'TRAGEDY IN JERUSALEM.' An item covering the aftermath of the bombing of the King David Hotel (HQ of the ...

 

'AIRMEN'S DAY OFF' - SIGHTSEEING IN SHWEBO, BURMA (7/2/1945) (1945)

Off-duty RAF ground crew from a nearby forward airstrip spend a few hours visiting the ancient Burmese capital ...

 

'NIPS ON DEVIL'S ISLAND' - INTERNED JAPANESE SURRENDERED... (1945)

Shot on 23 October 1945: view of Rempang Island from the sea. View of the Japanese naval HQ ship, the ...

 

'T FOR TOMMY' CRASHES: 230 SQUADRON SUNDERLAND AT KUANTAN... (1945)

'T for Tommy', a Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron tasked with delivering rice to Kuantan ...

 

17TH DIVISION'S DRIVE ON RANGOON - PRIESTS IN ACTION... (1945)

Film showing a battery of Priest 105mm self-propelled (SP) guns in action at Payagale, and Allied prisoners of ...

 

17TH INDIAN DIVISION CROSS A CHAUNG AT 89 MILESTONE... (1945)

Confronted by a blown bridge on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma, tanks and motor vehicles of ...

 

17TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ADVANCE ON RANGOON - CAPTURE... (1945)

A battery of Ordnance SB 4.2-inch mortars firing. At Hlegu chaung (river or watercourse) vehicles are hauled up the riverbank. ...

 

19TH INDIAN DIVISION RELAX AT MAYMYO (29/3/1945) (1945)

Just days after the capture of Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), central Burma, the town is used as ...

 

20TH DIVISION BRIDGEHEAD OVER IRRAWADDY (14/2/1945) (1945)

20th Indian Division formed a bridgehead over the River Irrawaddy, crossing at Myinmu, Burma, on the night of ...

 

20TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING TOWARDS RANGOON (29/4/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers overhead. Lee medium tanks driving along a dusty road. A Lee passes with infantry ...

 

20TH INDIAN DIVISION CROSSING THE RIVER IRRAWADDY AT... (1945)

The reinforcement of beachheads after a night attack across the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

Mortars explode and boats are used ...

 

20TH INDIAN DIVISION IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD (16/2/1945) (1945)

At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a ...

 

25-POUNDERS AT PINKAN (6/2/1945) (1945)

Gunners of the Royal Artillery take up position by the village of Pinkan, Burma, and prepare to shell ...

 

25-POUNDERS IN ACTION (1945 (?)) (1945)

A battery of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns in action in Burma.

A lorry reverses towards a treeline and ...

 

25-POUNDERS IN ACTION AT KOTA (11/1/1945) (1945)

Crew of an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun prepare emplacements in Kota, Northern Burma.

The guns of the 156th ...

 

25-POUNDERS SHELL TAUNGUP (9/4/1945) (1945)

25-pounder field guns of 18th Indian Field Battery, 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, are seen shelling the ...

 

26TH BRIGADE ADVANCING TOWARDS MONGMIT (11/2/1945) (1945)

After stiff fighting for Myitson, 26th Brigade push through ruins towards Mongmit, Northern Burma.

Troops of the 2nd Battalion ...

 

26TH BRIGADE'S ADVANCE ON MYITSON (9/2/1945) (1945)

Preparations for an attack by British troops on Myitson, North Burma.

Unloading and use of pontoon boats to cross ...

 

26TH INDIAN DIVISION PARADE IN RANGOON (15/5/1945) (1945)

Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.

Troops ...

 

26TH INDIAN DIVISION PARADE IN RANGOON (15/5/1945) (1945)

Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.

Troops ...

 

2ND DIVISION BRIDGEHEAD OPERATIONS (25/2/1945) (1945)

The 2nd British Division cross the Irrawaddy River in order to carry out the first daylight attack on ...

 

36TH DIVISION TROOPS ADVANCING IN NORTHERN BURMA (1945... (1945)

Troops of 36th Division advancing through close country somewhere in northern Burma.

Troops of 36th Division advance through tall ...

 

5.5-INCH HOWITZERS FIRING IN SUPPORT OF 17TH INDIAN... (1945)

Medium guns are fired on positions on the road between Pindale and Mahlaing, north of Meiktila, Burma, in ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ENTRY TO YAMETHIN (14/4/1945) (1945)

As part of IV Corps' drive on Rangoon, capital of Burma, 123rd Brigade of 5th Indian Division occupy ...

 

6 LITTLE JUNGLE BOYS (1945)

Animation. A War Office Instructional Film on the basic rules of personal hygiene, aimed at soldiers based in the Middle ...

 

7TH DIVISION CONSOLIDATING IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD (16/2/1945) (1945)

Sherman tanks and troops from the 1st Battalion the Burma Regiment proceeding up beach for an attack on ...

 

7TH DIVISION ESTABLISHING BEACHHEAD ACROSS IRRAWADDY... (1945)

7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide ...

 

81 MOBILE FIELD HOSPITAL AT SELETAR, SINGAPORE (26/11/1945) (1945)

At the RAF's 81 Mobile Field Hospital, operating at Seletar in Singapore, both British servicemen and Japanese prisoners ...

 

82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION ARRIVES AT RU-YWA (27/2/1945) (1945)

Troops from 82nd West African Division arrive at Ru-Ywa, Burma, by boat and are met by Major-General Stockwell ...

 

82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION NEAR TAMANDU (22/3/1945) (1945)

82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north ...

 

8TH (BELFAST) HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY... (1945)

Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military ...

 

A DAY PASS IN HONG KONG (21/10/1945) (1945)

RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.

Landscape view of Kai ...

 

ACTING AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, SIR GUY GARROD, VISITS... (1945)

Air Marshal Garrod, acting Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits RAF squadrons at forward airstrips at Tabingaung and Onbauk, Burma.

Air ...

 

ADVANCED AIRSTRIPS NEAR MANDALAY (19/1/1945) (1945)

Scenes of operations from forward airstrips near Mandalay, Burma, and scenes of bomb damage to buildings and infrastructure ...

 

AERIAL BOMBS USED AS MINES ON THE RANGOON ROAD (3/5/1945) (1945)

Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as ...

 

AERIAL SURVEY OF MAYMYO, BURMA (16/3/1945) (1945)

A low-altitude aerial survey of bomb damage in and around Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), Burma.

Low altitude (c.100-ft) ...