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SO THIS IS INDIA (7/1/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Panning shot over rooftops of Worli Transit Camp, Bombay, (Mumbai) India. Local women carrying 'charpoys'; bedsteads or cots ...

 

SO THIS IS INDIA - ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE (12/1/1945) (1945)

Additional footage for ABY 73 'So This Is India'.

Medium-distant shot of men loading a Bedford lorry. The lorry ...

 

SO THIS IS INDIA - AIRCRAFTMAN FLOWER ARRIVES AT RAF... (1945)

A further instalment for 'So This Is India' sees Aircraftman Flower arrive at RAF Redhills Lake, Madras (Chennai) ...

 

SO THIS IS INDIA - AIRCRAFTMAN MURRAY GOES FORWARD... (1945)

A further instalment of 'So This Is India' in which Aircraftman 'Paddy' Murray goes by air to a ...

 

SO THIS IS INDIA - AIRMEN ON LEAVE IN DARJEELING (5/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Airmen Paddy and Jock sitting in a train compartment. They lean out of a window. Paddy leans from ...

 

SO THIS IS INDIA - AN RAF THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON MOVES... (1945)

Further scenes for 'So This Is India' showing the move of RAF 30 Squadron and their Republic Thunderbolt ...

 

SO THIS IS INDIA - TRAIN SEQUENCE (1945) (1945)

Short section of footage of a railway locomotive for 'So This Is India'.

A train steams towards camera and ...

 

STREET SCENES IN SAIGON (14/9/1945) (1945)

Scenes from Saigon, capital of French Indo-China (Vietnam), now occupied by 20th Indian Division.

Two British officers are saluted ...

 

SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EN ROUTE TO SINGAPORE (10/9/1945) (1945)

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, is seen en route to Singapore with General ...

 

TANK AND INFANTRY ATTACK ON YEWE (5/4/1945) (1945)

Supported by tanks, Gurkha infantry of 48th Brigade, 17th Indian Division, IV Corps, seen mopping up pockets of ...

 

TANK, AIR AND INFANTRY ATTACK ON PYINBONGYI AT 68 MILESTONE... (1945)

Tanks and infantry of 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, supported by aircraft, overcome unexpected Japanese resistance at the ...

 

THE ADVANCE TO MEIKTILA (27/2/1945) (1945)

Tanks and men from 255th Armoured Brigade and 17th Indian Division spearhead the advance across the Irrawaddy River ...

 

THE APPROACH TO MEIKTILA (1/3/1945) (1945)

As 17th Indian Division (IV Corps) approach Meiktila, Burma, they encounter more evidence of Japanese sabotage to halt ...

 

the GEN NO 12 (1945) enhanced entry

I. "S.E.A.C." a. WAAFs arrive (by ship) in India and, as well as starting new duties, do some sightseeing. b. ...

 

THE MOUNTBATTENS VISIT SINGAPORE PRISONERS OF WAR (13/9/1945) (1945)

At MacArthur Camp Lord and Lady Mountbatten talk with officers. Mountbatten inspects a guard of honour. He speaks with an ...

 

TRAINING THE LOCAL POLICE IN KUANTAN, MALAYA (12/10/1945) (1945)

Film documenting the training of the Kuantan Police force, 'after three and a half years of enforced idleness ...

 

TRANSPORTING MEN AND SUPPLIES ACROSS IRRAWADDY FOR... (1945)

After crossing the Irrawaddy River, Burma, troops of the 33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division consolidate the bridgehead ...

 

TROOPS DISEMBARK FROM HMS ROEBUCK TO LCI (13/3/1945) (1945)

HMS Roebuck anchors on the Thanzit River (Burma) to disembark troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade into LCIs ...

 

TROOPS OFF DUTY IN SURABAYA AND A VISIT BY GENERAL... (1945)

Film showing troops of 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment off duty in Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) and a visit by General ...

 

VICTORY RACE MEETING IN RANGOON (14/5/1945) (1945)

Not long after the liberation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, and the end of the war in Europe, ...

 

VISCOUNT WAVELL, VICEROY OF INDIA, VISITS AN RAF AIRFIELD... (1945)

Viscount Wavell and Lady Wavell visit an RAF airfield.

RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft with Union flag flying from the ...

 

VISIT OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BROWNING TO TAMANDU AND... (1945)

Lieutenant-General F A M Browning, Chief of Staff of South East Asia Command, visits positions held by the ...

 

VISIT OF LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN TO MANDALAY (22/3/1945) (1945)

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, visits the officers and men who helped ...

 

VISIT OF SIR OLIVER LEESE TO OFFICERS AND MEN OF IV... (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits IV Indian Corps in Burma.

An ...