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COMMANDO FLIGHT: RAF OPERATIONS IN BURMA (18/3/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Close-up of hands sorting aerial reconnaissance photographs. A man descends a ladder from a tall airfield control tower ...

 

CROSSING A BAILEY BRIDGE AT TOUNGOO ON THE ROAD TO... (1945)

Motor transport of IV Corps crosses a Bailey bridge near Toungoo (Taungoo) during the Allied drive on Rangoon, ...

 

CROSSING THE IRRAWADDY (2/1945) (1945)

The RAF provides air cover and drops supplies for men of the 2nd Division as they cross the ...

 

DEAD JAPANESE AT MEIKTILA (23/3/1945) (1945)

Detailed views of many dead Japanese soldiers, following their unsuccessful attack on British Army positions around Meiktila, central ...

 

DECEPTION OPERATIONS DURING A LULL BETWEEN BATTLES... (1945)

Men of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, effect a deception operation prior to 2nd Division's crossing ...

 

DELIVERY OF AMMUNITION BY WATER TO UNITS ON THE PEGU... (1945)

Watercraft are used to deliver mortar rounds to infantry of 4th Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles (33rd Brigade, 7th ...

 

DEPRIVATION AT KUANTAN HOSPITAL IN PAHANG, MALAYA (5/10/1945) (1945)

A young girl suffering from yaws, a tropical bacterial infection, also known as polypapilloma tropicum. Close-up of the girl. A ...

 

DISBANDMENT OF RAF 607 (COUNTY OF DURHAM) SQUADRON... (1945)

Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Cecil Bouchier addresses airmen on the occasion of the disbandment of RAF 607 (County ...

 

DISBANDMENT OF THE MALAYAN PEOPLE'S ANTI-JAPANESE ARMY (1945)

With the surrender of Japan, the guerilla Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) is disbanded.

A saluting base in Kuala ...

 

DISBANDMENT OF THE MALAYAN PEOPLE'S ANTI-JAPANESE ARMY... (1945)

With the surrender of Japan, the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) is disbanded.

Civilian procession with banners, crowd and ...

 

DISTRICT OFFICER (1945)has video enhanced entry

INTEREST. The work of a district officer or magistrate in the province of Bengal.

Map of India showing the province of ...

 

DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE VISITS 82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION... (1945)

Whilst visiting XV Indian Corps area in Arakan (Burma) the Duke of Devonshire pays a visit to the ...

 

EAST AFRICAN CHIEFS IN COLOMBO (16/6/1945) (1945)

Sixteen African chiefs, the heads of tribes represented in 11th East African Division fighting in Burma, are received ...

 

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS AT KYAUKPYU ON RAMREE ISLAND... (1945)

British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Forman leave Kyaukpyu (Burma) on the ...

 

ENGINEERS CLEAR THE ROAD OVER THE SLOPES OF MOUNT POPA... (1945)

Reel 1: A duck, the regimental mascot of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, is seen wearing a miniature tunic ...

 

ENGINEERS OVERHAUL JAPANESE ARMS (22/5/1945) (1945)

British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall ...

 

ENTERTAINMENTS ON BOARD HMT DILWARA 14 - 29 JULY 1945... (1945)

Scenes of entertainment activities onboard the troopship HMT Dilwara.

A tug-of-war; Indian Other Ranks (ORs) versus British Other Ranks. ...

 

ENTRY INTO AIRFIELD AT TOUNGOO (22/4/1945) (1945)

Scenes at an airfield near Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, shortly after its capture from troops of the Japanese 33rd ...

 

ENTRY INTO FORT DUFFERIN, MANDALAY (20/3/1945) (1945)

General Leese (Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and General Rees (General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Division) ...

 

ENTRY INTO HONG KONG: VIEWS FROM HMS GLENGYLE (11/9/1945) (1945)

HMS Glengyle, an infantry landing ship carrying men of 3 Commando Brigade, makes its way towards Hong Kong.

View ...

 

ENTRY INTO TOUNGOO BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION (22/4/1945) (1945)

Artillery and infantry of 123 Brigade, 5th Indian Division, on the road to Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, 140 miles ...

 

ENTRY TO KYAUKTAN AND LIBERATED ALLIED PRISONERS OF... (1945)

Troops of 71st Brigade, 26th Indian Division, XV Corps enter Kyauktan (south west of Rangoon) and recently liberated ...

 

EVACUATION OF DUTCH INTERNEES FROM CAMP AT AMBARAWA... (1945)

A mobile column of motorised infantry and tanks drives to Ambarawa in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) to ...

 

EVACUATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR BY AIR FROM SINGAPORE... (1945)

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Singapore, are evacuated by air from Kallang airport.

Group ...

 

EVACUATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR BY HOSPITAL SHIP FROM... (1945)

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Changi Jail, Singapore, are evacuated by hospital ship.

Walking ...

 

EVACUATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR BY HOSPITAL SHIP FROM... (1945)

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity at Changi Jail in Singapore, are evacuated by hospital ...

 

EVACUATION OF WEST AFRICAN CASUALTIES FROM LETMAUK... (1945)

After being cut off by Japanese forces from the rest of the British force northeast of Letmauk, Burma, ...

 

FAR EAST WAR MAGAZINE NUMBER 1 (1945) enhanced entry

Two items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages ...

 

FAREWELL TO INDIA (1945)

Amateur travel film.

[From notes supplied by archive donor:]

Farewell to India 1945. Home, Cheam, Brother David's wedding, Nellie, 1952. Christening of ...

 

FEEDING OF THE POOR IN RANGOON (18/10/1945) (1945) enhanced entry

Footage showing the feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in Rangoon, shortly ...

 

FEEDING OF THE POOR IN RANGOON (18/10/1945) (1945)

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a ceremonial feeding of the poor as part of ...

 

FERRYING TANKS ACROSS IRRAWADDY (BURMA) 100TH BRIGADE... (1945)

The operation of a ferry across the Irrawaddy River (Burma) using DUKWs as towing vehicles.

A ferry made up ...

 

FIELD MARSHAL ALAN BROOKE VISITS RANGOON (1945)

Field Marshal Lord Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Rangoon as part of ...

 

FIGHTING IN SURABAYA (1945)

Footage from the Battle of Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) in Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), including mortar and artillery fire, ...

 

FIGHTING IN SURABAYA (16/11/1945) (1945)

Chinese refugees flee the fighting in Sourabaya (Surabaya/Soerabaja) in eastern Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).

On a street in ...

 

FIGHTING LEPROSY IN INDIA The WORK OF DICHPALI (1945)

"FIGHTING LEPROSY IN INDIA: THE WORK AT DICHPALI". "ARRIVING AT DICHPALI STATION". Group of men sitting under Dichpali signpost. Crowd ...

 

FIRE AT KALLANG AIRPORT, SINGAPORE (3/10/1945) (1945)

A fire blazes at the petrol dump of Kallang Airport, Singapore, and firefighters work to extinguish the flames.

Large ...

 

FIREBOMBING OF KANGAW (27/1/1945) (1945)

RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).

Kangaw, on ...

 

FIRING OF 7.2-INCH HOWITZERS (10/4/1945) (1945)

At Yindaw, Burma, 7.2-inch howitzers of 8th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, are seen firing on Japanese positions.

Series of ...

 

FIRST FOOD SUPPLIES BY SUNDERLAND TO KUANTAN; GUERILLA... (1945)

Wide shot showing a jetty at Seletar naval base with a boat tied up alongside. On the jetty sacks of ...

 

FOOD AND MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR BURMESE REFUGEES BY... (1945)

The distribution of supplies to local Burmese people in Lingadipa, Burma.

The men of 100th Brigade 20th Indian Division ...

 

FOOTBALL MATCH IN BATAVIA: DUTCH CIVILIANS VERSUS RAF... (1945)

Dutch civilians, presumably recently released from Japanese internment, play airmen of RAF Batavia at football.

Footage of the game ...

 

FORTRESS CEYLON (1945) enhanced entry

A view of Ceylon towards the end of the war, looking back over the period of defensive war, ...

 

FORWARD AIRSTRIP CONSTRUCTION AT ONDAW (1/3/1945) (1945)

Following closely behind the advancing British troops in Burma the Madras Sappers and Miners build an airstrip at ...

 

FREIGHT LOADING FOR CHINA/OVER THE HUMP (3/2/1945) (1945)

RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft deliver supplies 'over the Hump' of the Himalayas from Dum Dum, India to ...

 

GENERAL KIMURA AND STAFF SURRENDER SWORDS AT TWELFTH... (1945)

With the Japanese capitulation General Heitaro Kimura and his staff surrender their swords to their British counterparts in ...

 

GENERAL KIMURA AND STAFF SURRENDER SWORDS AT TWELFTH... (1945)

With the Japanese capitulation General Heitaro Kimura and his staff surrender their swords to their British counterparts in ...

 

GENERAL SULTAN PRESENTING BRONZE STAR (14/2/1945) (1945)

American Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) presents the Bronze Star to four British soldiers at ...