Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary negotiations for surrender of Japanese forces ...

Japanese emissaries, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata, sign an instrument of surrender in Rangoon, Burma.

Lieutenant-General Numata (Chief of ...

Japanese envoys sign a preliminary treaty at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.

Interior footage with live sound in the hall ...

Japanese envoys sign a preliminary agreement at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.

Interior footage shot from a high point looking ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...

Japanese artillery pieces which have been captured in and around the town of Meiktila, central Burma, are lined ...

Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by British troops of 19th Indian Division ...

Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian ...

Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian ...

Japanese prisoners are seen receiving medical treatment at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station at Pegu, Burma.

Rows of sick ...

Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a ...

After the abandonment of the Japanese assault on Imphal, British and Indian troops of 5th Indian Division are ...

A young Gurkha boy, Jimmy Nathu, at work and play with an RAF squadron at Tabingaung, Burma.

Shot of ...

Film about RAF, and especially Transport Command, in the Far East.

The only means of supplying troops in the ...

Reel 1: Hawker Hurricanes airborne and taxiing at beach airstrip 'Hove' on the Arakan coast. Men undressing behind Hurricane (later ...

Amateur film showing Kashmir, Kabul, a yogi hanging over a fire, the Shan States and leg rowers on Inle lake.

No ...

Travelogue.

Travelogue of Burma showing Buddhist sites in Rangoon and Mandalay and a look at Burmese life. Includes a teak sawmill ...

Men of 5th Maratha (Mahratta) Regiment reinforce landing sites around Setkhaw, Burma, which were taken during the night ...

British troops of 3rd Special Service Brigade land unopposed on a beach on Akyab Island (Sittwe), in the ...

Signallers of the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment lay a line across the Shweli River, Burma from Battalion ...

Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river ...

Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of ...

Consolidated Liberator heavy bombers of RAF 355 Squadron attack Japanese targets near Natkyigon, Burma

Operating from Salbani airfield, in ...

While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on ...

Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye (Vice Chief Imperial General Staff) pays a short visit to 82nd West African Division ...

Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford, commander of XXXIII Corps, is entertained by the people of Tamu, Burma, following their ...

Lieutenant-General Leese and several other officers visit 17th Indian Division at Meiktila, tour the positions of the Royal ...

Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA) visits the gunners of XV Indian ...

The commander of 14th Army, Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, launches two warships on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, ...

Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior ...

Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior ...

Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in ...

Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in a forward area in Burma

A thatched wooden building fiercely ...

Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in Burma.

A thatched wooden building fiercely ablaze. An airman does ...

During a lull in fighting in the Maungdaw area of Arakan, Burma, British troops of 25th Indian Division ...

A line of Burmese labourers queue up to receive their payment of money (1 rupee, about 1 shilling sixpence at ...

Lord Mountbatten visits a forward airstrip near Mandalay, with scenes of Hawker Hurricane operations and the RAF Regiment.

Hawker ...

Major-General Francis Festing, commander of 36th Division, seen attending a briefing.

High shot looking down as two officers, one ...

Lord Mountbatten inspects tanks left behind by the retreating Japanese forces and then climbs the steps and walks through the ...

Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment march along a rough road past traditional huts in the suburbs ...

As the British Army make their way into Mandalay, Burma, they are re-supplied by air drops from Douglas ...

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment move through ruined streets in Mandalay, Burma, whilst mortar batteries concentrate ...

British troops of 19th Indian Division begin to fight their way into the northern part of the city ...

The final assault on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, from the air takes place and British troops of 19th ...