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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 ...

 

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 AND 10TH GURKHA RIFLES GUARD MOUNTING (1932)

The sports parade of the 2nd and 10th Gurkha Rifles regiment and scenes of animal sacrifice at Shillong, Assam.

 

2ND BATTALION 4TH BOMBAY GRENADIERS IN INDIA, CA 1930 (1930) enhanced entry

Reel 1: "Shall Mills, TPT and Camp". Camel and mule transport. Ambulance truck. Two British officers in solar topees.

Reel 2: ...

 

2ND BATTALION COLDSTREAM GUARDS IN ADEN, 1964-1965 (1965)

(Reel 1) After departing Little Aden from Salerno Camp (Coldstream Barracks), Hughes records northwards journey in protected convoy on road ...

 

2ND BATTALION EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT ATTACK MOHNYIN... (1944)

The British 36th Division advances from India into northern Burma and various activities to aid the advance are ...

 

2ND BATTALION WELCH REGIMENT IN INDIA CELEBRATE GHELUVELT... (1933) enhanced entry

Amateur film without titles shot by Bandsman Mr T A Link of 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment records soldiers ...

 

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 ...

 

2ND DIVISION CONCERT PARTY IN MANIPUR (17/8/1944) (1944)

A 2nd Division mobile concert party sets up in Manipur, India, before staging a show for troops of ...

 

36TH DIVISION JEEP RAILWAY AT SAHMAW (19/9/1944) (1944)

A jeep railway is operated by men of 36th Division near Sahmaw in northern Burma.

A jeep, fitted with ...

 

36TH DIVISION OPERATIONS BEFORE PINBAW (18/8/1944) (1944)

Part 1: Jeeps with trailers cross a Bailey bridge. A sign reads 'Speeders beware! Mark my words / Wait and ...

 

36TH DIVISION SIGNALLERS LAY CABLE IN THE HOPIN AREA... (1944)

Signallers of 36th Division seen laying telephone wires from a Brigade HQ to a forward battalion in the ...

 

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 STEPS TOWARDS A COMMISSION IN THE ROYAL NAVY (1967)

Dramatised recruitment film for prospective Royal Navy officers.

1. Prospective recruits (in civvies) are taken onboard HMS Dolphin; sequence ...

 

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 CALCUTTA BATTALION: PRESENTATION OF COLOURS BY... (1917)

Lord Chelmsford presenting colours to the 5th Calcutta battalion.

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE BEYOND TIDDIM (23/10/1944) (1944)

A sign reads "Tiddim Bye-Pass (sic). Through Traffic". Indian troops with rifles, picks and shovels walk along a jungle-lined road. ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE THROUGH TIDDIM TO KENNEDY... (1944)

Troops of the 5th Indian Division pass through Tiddim, Burma, having taken the town, and move on towards ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING NEAR KENNEDY PEAK (30/10/1944) (1944)

British soldiers and supplies wait on a rough road. A jeep and trailer come along the road; there is a ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION FERRY OVER THE MANIPUR RIVER AT... (1944)

Indian Engineers of 5th Indian Division operate a cable ferry across the Manipur River, India, which is then ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ADVANCE ON TIDDIM - MILESTONE... (1944)

As tanks and infantry of 5th Indian Division advance towards Tiddim, Burma, Indian Engineers bridge the Beltang Lui ...

 

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 ...