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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Footage of various Allied transport aircraft taking off after being loaded with weaponry and mules for resupply operations.
Aircraft ...
Men of 23rd Brigade shown reoccupying the village of Ukhrul in Manipur, India and being resupplied with food ...
Patients board a Handley Page Halifax aircraft for repatriation to the UK at Alipore airfield, Calcutta.
An RAF Avro ...
Documentary scenes showing the process of airfield construction in forward areas.
Various stages in the construction of an airfield, ...
Amateur film of the Regal Cinema staff in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, recreating in the garden behind the cinema their ...
At a jetty men carry belts of ammunition. The belts are passed below decks. The harbour as the boat leaves. ...
A Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron and DUKW amphibians are used to evacuate casualties of ...
Scenes of a visit by an Indian Maharajah to an RAF field hospital near Imphal.
The Maharajah arrives by ...
A Japanese prisoner of war (POW) is escorted to a POW cage near Imphal by a number of ...
A rough road in countryside. A pall of smoke rises and debris lies around a XXXIII Indian Corps ammunition dump. ...
Very short film showing an Avro Anson transport aircraft starting up, taxiing, and in flight, somewhere in India.
A ...
The RAF lead a parade in Calcutta (Kolkata) India, mounted to mark the anniversary of the Battle of ...