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'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 ...

 

'BADGED' BOAT TOPICAL BUDGET 787-1 (1926)

RAF troops leaving for Iraq (51ft).

 

'HONG KONG TODAY': REHABILITATION OF HONG KONG AND... (1946)

Part 1, shot on 6 March 1946: Platform sign reads 'Kowloon'. Repeat shot of the sign with pan to a ...

 

'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 ...

 

'SUNDERLAND STORY' - TRANSPORT AND EVACUATION OF BRITISH... (1944)

Reel 1: Shot from Sunderland of repairs to float and refuelling from DUKW amphibious truck. Airmen hanging washing out on ...

 

'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. ...

 

194 SQUADRON DROP SUPPLIES TO 25TH EAST AFRICAN BRIGADE... (1944)

Film shot by Sergeant Abbott: Aerial footage; the camera looks through the windscreen of an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft ...

1955 : the year in Malaya

1955 : the year in Malaya (1955)has video enhanced entry

Malayan Government propaganda.

The film covers the first Malayan general elections, emphasising popular support for Tunku Abdul Rahman and ...

 

1959 (1959)

Government film reviewing the year, 1959.

Catalogue coverage. Royal tour of Brunei. Tunku Abdul Rahman, one of Asia's "most ...

 

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 ...

 

1ST BATTALION 2ND PUNJAB REGIMENT IN MALAYA (1938)

Amateur film shot by Captain Paddy O'Neill of the Indian Medical Service, Indian Army, while attached to the Federated Malay ...

 

1ST BATTALION 7TH GURKHA RIFLES SECURITY OPERATIONS... (1963)

Edited report of 1st Battalion 7th Gurkha Rifles patrolling river by native motor launch, names and photographs of wanted terrorists ...

 

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 ...