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INDIAN ENGINEERS' FIELD FOUNDRY ON AKYAB ISLAND (4/2/1945) (1945)

In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the ...

 

INDIAN ENGINEERS' FIELD WORKSHOP IN BURMA (1945 (?)) (1945)

Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.

An officer seen using a loud hailer. A ...

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 120 (29/6/1945)

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 120 (29/6/1945) (1945)has video enhanced entry

I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation ...

 

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 136 (19/10/1945) (1945) enhanced entry

I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, ...

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 139 (9/11/1945)

INDIAN NEWS PARADE NO 139 (9/11/1945) (1945)has video enhanced entry

I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...

 

INDIAN SAPPERS PREPARE A ROAD IN THE ARAKAN (10/4/1945) (1945)

Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and ...

 

INDIAN TROOPS IN SAIGON CELEBRATE DASERA (18/10/1945) (1945)

Hindu troops of 1st Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment, stationed in Saigon (French Indo-China, now Vietnam) celebrate the festival ...

 

INLAND WATER TRANSPORT ON THE RIVER CHINDWIN (4/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: A Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) being launched. A man paints an identity number (N-226) onto a Higgins barge ...

 

IRRAWADDY CROSSING BY 7TH DIVISION AT NYAUNGU (14/2/1945) (1945)

Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha ...

 

JAPANESE BREAKOUT FROM THE PEGU YOMAS TO THE EAST (21/7/1945) (1945)

Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed ...

 

JAPANESE EMISSARIES ARRIVE IN BRITISH TERRITORY ON... (1945)

With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of ...

 

JAPANESE KEMPEITAI OFFICIALS MARCHED THROUGH SINGAPORE... (1945)

Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to ...

 

JAPANESE LEAVE BANGKOK; 7TH INDIAN DIVISION ATTEND... (1945)

Crowd watching from rails at the Royal Turf Club in Bangkok; camera pans to follow the horses. Rear quarter close-up ...

 

JAPANESE OCCUPIED MANDALAY FROM THE AIR (9/3/1945) (1945)

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

 

JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT... (1945)

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

 

JAPANESE PRISONERS PUT TO WORK IN SINGAPORE (17/9/1945) (1945)

With the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, interned Japanese troops are put to work on manual labour ...

 

JAPANESE SECRET POLICE JAILED AT TAIPING, PERAK, MALAYA... (1945)

162 members of the Kempeitai, the Japanese secret police, are jailed at Taiping in Perak, Malaya.

Column of Japanese ...

 

JAPANESE SURRENDER OF 29TH ARMY IN KUALA LUMPUR (13/9/1945) (1945)

At the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, the commander of Japanese 29th Army (Lieutenant-General Ishiguro) surrenders to ...

 

JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS SORTED AT BANGKOK JAIL (28/9/1945) (1945)

At Bangkok jail suspected Japanese war criminals are paraded in front of ex-prisoners of war and internees in ...

 

JOINT GURKHA AND JAPANESE PATROL ON SAIGON RIVER (28/9/1945) (1945)

After disturbances between the Vietnamese and French population of Saigon, French Indo-China (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) a ...

 

LADY WELSH VISITS CALCUTTA (28/9/1945) (1945)

Air Chief Commandant Lady R M E Welsh, Director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ('the WAAFs') visits ...

 

LANDING AT SINGAPORE BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION (5/9/1945) (1945)

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Hewit: View looking down on a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)) with Indian troops aboard. ...

 

LANDING AT SINGAPORE BY 5TH INDIAN DIVISION (5/9/1945) (1945)

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Sanders: View from a landing craft with the Singapore skyline on the horizon and Landing ...

 

LANDING NEAR RU-YWA (16/2/1945) (1945)

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

 

LCM (LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED) TAKE TANKS OF 19TH LANCERS... (1945)

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

 

LIBERATION OF YENANGYAUNG (1945) enhanced entry

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

 

LIEUTENANT GENERAL M.B. BURROWS GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING... (1945)

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

 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ROBERTS ADDRESSES FREED PRISONERS... (1945)

Wide shot showing Lieutenant-General Roberts' staff car arriving outside the Suleiman Building in Kuala Lumpur. He meets the officer commanding. ...

 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SLIM LAUNCHES TWO WARSHIPS ON THE... (1945)

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

 

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SLIM VISITS MEIKTILA (2/4/1945) (1945)

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

LIFE IN AIR COMMAND SOUTH EAST ASIA

LIFE IN AIR COMMAND SOUTH EAST ASIA (1945)has video enhanced entry

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

 

MANDALAY - 15TH PUNJAB REGIMENT ADVANCES (1/3/1945) (1945)

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

 

MANDALAY - ARTILLERY FIRE, AIRSTRIKES AND ANGLO-INDIAN... (1945)

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

 

MANDALAY - ENTRY BY TANKS AND TROOPS OF 19TH INDIAN... (1945)

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

 

MANDALAY - FINAL ASSAULT ON FORT DUFFERIN AND CIVILIAN... (1945)

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

 

MANDALAY - FLAGRAISING AT FORT DUFFERIN BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL... (1945)

After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag ...

 

MANDALAY - GURKHAS CLEAR ENEMY FROM MONASTERY TUNNELS... (1945)

Troops of 19th Indian Division have cleared the Japanese from positions at the top of Monastery Hill, Burma, ...

 

MANDALAY - HURRICANE AIRSTRIKES AND 6TH GURKHAS ON... (1945)

Airstrikes by RAF Hurribombers (Hurricane fighter-bombers) on Fort Dufferin and troops of 6th Gurkha Rifles marching towards Mandalay, ...

 

MANDALAY - MORTAR FIRE AND AIRSTRIKES (18/3/1945) (1945)

Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite ...

 

MANDALAY - MORTAR FIRE, ANGLO-INDIAN CIVILIANS, AIR... (1945)

Mortars are fired to cover the activities of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles who are clearing the south west corner ...

 

MANDALAY - SHELLING OF MANDALAY HILL (10/3/1945) (1945)

British troops from 19th Indian Division advance into the north of Mandalay, Burma, and aid the attack on ...

 

MOSQUITO BUILD-UP (1/5/1945) (1945)

Operations by RAF De Havilland Mosquito aircraft at Joari airfield, east of Cox's Bazaar, India, and paratroopers descending ...

 

OCCUPATION OF PERAK BY 25TH INDIAN DIVISION (16/9/1945) (1945)

Shot on 16 September 1945: three Japanese representatives of the Ipoh garrison pass camera. Interior footage; the Japanese officers meet ...

 

ON HMS ROEBUCK EN ROUTE FOR PYIN WAN (LETPAN LANDING)... (1945)

British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade proceed from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma up the Thanzit River.

Indian ...

 

OPENING THE ROAD OVER THE SLOPES OF MOUNT POPA TO KYAUKPADAUNG... (1945)

Variety of scenes of an advance by 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, near Mount Popa (approximately 40 miles ...

 

OPERATION SALTMEAT: FOOD CONVOY FROM PHNOM PENH TO... (1945)

After nationalist disturbances close the roads to Saigon, capital of French Indo-China, a convoy named 'Operation Saltmeat' is ...

 

OPERATION ZIPPER: 25TH INDIAN DIVISION LAND AT MORIB,... (1945)

Troops of 25th Indian Division make an amphibious landing on the coast of Malaya at Morib as part ...

 

OPERATION ZIPPER: AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS ON THE MALAYAN... (1945)

With the surrender of Japan, troops of 23rd Indian Division mount an amphibious landing near Port Dickson on ...