After driving the Japanese out of the Akyab area of Burma the British-run Civil Affairs unit moves in ...

Film showing various activities of the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) in Mandalay, including collecting weapons, issuing rations and ...

Civilian internees, freed from Japanese captivity at Tavoy (now Dawei) in Lower Burma, arrive by air at Mingaladon ...

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

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

Reel 1: Pan across a beachhead on the banks of the River Chindwin showing men, mules and a number of ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

INTEREST. A series of shots of an Indian elephant stacking logs in a timber yard (86 ft).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I. "Captured German 88mm gun." US ordnance crew inspect and test 88mm gun; it is resprayed with US markings.

II. "CBI ...

British soldiers of 77th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division in bush hats board a raft as others on board wait. Two ...

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

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

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

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

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

A ferry made up ...

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

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

Kangaw, on ...

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

Series of ...

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

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

Scenes of two football matches on the Indo-Burma border, including England versus Scotland and a local RAF team ...

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

Film opens with captions detailing the history of, and current work of, the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU). "1914-1918 Ambulance trains ...

A record of an expedition from Burma to China. The film includes landscape shots, scenes of agriculture, market and street ...

An edited production by the SEAC Film Unit (British) shows how 'SEAC', the newspaper of South East Asia ...

Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits east African troops in Rangoon, capital ...

General Sir George Giffard, commander of 11th Army Group, visits 25th Indian Division during a tour of inspection ...

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

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

General Sir George Giffard, Commander-in-Chief 11th Army Group, inspects his forward troops near Tamu on the Indian-Burmese border.

General ...

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

General Thomas Wynford Rees, commander of 19th Indian Division, and General Montagu Stopford, commander of XXXIII Indian Corps, ...

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

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

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

The newly returned Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, attends a civic reception in Rangoon and makes a ...

The newly returned Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, attends a civic reception in Rangoon and makes a ...