African troops (askaris), probably of the 11th East African Division, are seen training in jungle country in Ceylon ...

A rough road in countryside. A pall of smoke rises and debris lies around a XXXIII Indian Corps ammunition dump. ...

Concerted attacks by the RAF and British Army on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma are seen both from the ...

A mortar battery of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, along with tanks and aircraft, supports an attack on ...

Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and ...

Pilots of an Artillery Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron, attached to 26th Indian Division, practice landing in confined ...

Wide shot showing a very large structure built of Bailey bridging sections. Men of the Madras Sappers and Miners heaving ...

The RAF lead a parade in Calcutta (Kolkata) India, mounted to mark the anniversary of the Battle of ...

RAF Liberators bomb defences in support of amphibious landings against Rangoon, Burma.

Aerial footage of Spitfires in the distance. ...

Aerial and ground footage of operations by RAF Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bombers based at Chiringa, Bengal Province, India (Bangladesh).

Aerial ...

His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, ...

In Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) a parade is mounted in honour of the birthday of Princess ...

A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded ...

At 30 West African Field Dressing Station at Kyaukpyu, volunteers from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines give ...

The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...

The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...

Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded ...

Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.

General ...

17th Indian Division IV Corps on the road between Nyaungu and Meiktila, Burma.

Sherman tanks of Probyn's Horse (5th ...

Troops and armour are carried across the Irrawaddy River, Burma, at Myinze by a mixture of DUKWs and ...

Brigadier Taunton, commander of 80th Indian Brigade (20th Indian Division) arrives at a Japanese airfield in Saigon as ...

Brigadier R G Collingwood, commander of 33rd Brigade (7th Indian Division) holds a conference of officers on the ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, awards medals to members of the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese ...

Allied prisoners of war (POWs), recently liberated from Japanese captivity at Rangoon jail, are seen boarding a ship ...

Red and white flag of the Indonesian republic flying. Graffiti reads 'Freedom the glory of any nation'. Small pieces of ...

A football match is played at King's Park, Kowloon, between a team from No. 44 Commando Royal Marines ...

West African Engineers construct a ferry over the Kalapanzin River in the Arakan region of Burma.

African troops of ...

Reel 1: A small motor launch draws alongside a troopship. A Major climbs a staircase up to the deck followed ...

Men of the Burma Intelligence Corps order civilians from their village of Namma in northern Burma before British ...

Film about the Allied victory in Burma.

Introduction briefly outlines the geography and climate of Burma, and the extent ...

After the retreating Japanese abandon a trainload of foodstuffs in the face of the advancing 5th Indian Division ...

Scenes from a refugee camp at Rangiya (Rangyia) in Assam, India.

Burmese civilians, including men, women and children, cross ...

Scenes of Burmese civilian life in a large village in the Arakan region of Burma, five miles from ...

After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian nationalists, the village of Bekassi (Bekasi) ...

In Surabaya a large pall of smoke hangs over a burning kampong or village. Two Chinese civilians approach carrying their ...

Assembled film story detailing efforts of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 435 Squadron to provide rice to isolated ...

Canadian airmen of RCAF 435 Squadon deliver rice to Burmese civilians via the Civil Affairs Service (CAS).

A Royal ...

Canadian airmen of RCAF 435 Squadron deliver rice to Burmese civilians via the Civil Affairs Service (CAS).

A Royal ...

Hill feature 676 near Taungtha, north-west of Meiktila, Burma, dominates the road to Meiktila and the Japanese are ...

After the capture of the Ava Bridge and the city of Sagaing in Central Burma officers from the ...

Several types of Japanese artillery, captured during recent fighting at Bishenpur and Ukhrul, are exhibited at the HQ ...

A captured Japanese machine gun is evaluated by British troops for record purposes at Pauktabin, Burma.

A Japanese Type ...

A small airstrip is built at the remote village of Saizang, 8 miles south west of Tiddim, Burma, ...

Allied troops take part in a ceremonial parade in Bangkok, capital of Siam (Thailand), with His Majesty the ...

After victory over the Japanese in the battle for Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma Lieutenant-General W J Slim takes ...

Reel 1: Film showing flying boat operations and airmen's recreational activities at RAF Koggala in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). RAF Consolidated ...

Men of 14th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division (the Chindits), having been evacuated by air from Burma are seen ...

Officer cadets of the Chinese (Nationalist) Air Force undergo pilot training at the Northern India Flying Club near ...