RAF and US Army Air Force (USAAF) operations at and around Meiktila following its capture by British forces.

Bomb damage to buildings and ...

Rear-Admiral Harcourt inspects RAF detachment and chats with Wing Commander and Air Commodore. The Admiral then walks across the grass field to inspect crews fell in before their Spitfire aircraft - the nearest ...

Rear-Admiral Servaes and Captain Dick of HMS Belfast attend a service of thanksgiving in cathedral at Shanghai. The Admiral then visits the British internees at the Sacred Heart Hospital - a man demonstrates a ...

I. Rear-Admiral Servaes pays a visit to Ash Camp, the wartime internment area for British and Allied subjects in Shanghai. The Admiral, accompanied by a Lieutenant-Commander RNVR and a marine officer, shakes ...

In northern Burma, probably in the vicinity of the Shweli river north of Myitson, troops of 2nd Battalion The Buffs advance through jungle, Major- ...

Scenes of operations from forward airstrips near Mandalay, Burma, and scenes of bomb damage to buildings and infrastructure around the city.

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Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as mines on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma ...

A low-altitude aerial survey of bomb damage in and around Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), Burma.

Low altitude (c.100-ft) air-to-ground footage of ...

Aerial views showing DUKW amphibious trucks on the River Chindwin in Burma.

Aerial views over the Chindwin; various meanders and sandbars. View of ...

Footage of Nandi tribal dancing. Recruiting for the Kings African Rifles. The Turkana tribe preparing meals and dancing. WaTesio dancers, Luo dances, Yenga dances and the Sugundi Dance followed by the Elkony dances. Agricultural practices ...

Ethnic scenes in Tanzania, including agricultural practices; tribal dancing of the Wa Matengo and Wa Nyasa.

Scenes of the Mukama of Toro and chiefs at Fort Portal. People on the shores of Lake Edward, Katwe and workers at the salt lake. Making of bark cloth by traditional methods at Masaka. The Battima tribe and their cattle near Mbarara. ...

Artillery and air strikes are used to assist an attack by 17th Indian Division on Japanese held positions on the Pindale to Mahlaing road, Burma.

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As the fight for Burma's second city of Mandalay continues Richard Casey, Governor of Bengal, visits Mandalay Hill with Generals Slim, Rees and others ...

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command and Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon visit the IAF (Indian ...

Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong.

A bare-metal RAF Douglas Dakota ...

The new Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, arrives with his wife at Alipore airfield, near ...

Reel 1: A parked RAF Short Stirling transport aircraft with a white-painted Consolidated Liberator behind it. General view of the airfield at Mauripur. A Liberator lands. ...

Scenes of RAF Liberator heavy bomber operations over Burma.

RAF Consolidated Liberator heavy bombers of RAF 159 Squadron at dispersal with ...

Reel 1: Pan along a line of Indian Sikh troops cleaning their Ordnance ML 3-inch mortars. A three-man mortar team stands by their weapon, which a captain comes and inspects. ...

Gurkha paratroopers seen gearing up and boarding their aircraft before parachuting into action near Rangoon, Burma, as part of Operation Dracula ...

A coordinated attack takes place on Japanese positions along the Pindale to Mahlaing road north of Meiktila. Burma, involving artillery, North American ...

In northern Burma, American aircraft attack Japanese positions near Konkha and Major-General Festing visits the front line.

American P-47 ...

United States Army Air Force medium bombers attack pockets of Japanese resistance after the capture of Yamethin, Burma.

North American B-25 ...

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits No. 4 Squadron Indian Air Force on Ramree Island off Burma's Arakan coast ...

Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while Admiral Lord Louis ...

Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while Lord Louis Mountbatten ...

Allied prisoners of war, liberated from Japanese captivity, are seen at Kallang airfield, Singapore.

Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de ...

A history of the battles, fought predominantly by Australian troops, to block the Japanese conquest of New Guinea and then to recapture the island.

A general introduction stresses the conventional military defeats ...

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June 1945.

Wide shot of a parade ground at ...

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather, in the Burmese capital Rangoon, 15 June 1945.

Views from a high point overlooking ...

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June 1945.

A detachment of sailors of the Royal ...

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma on 15 June 1945.

Civilians spectators gathering on the ...

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma on 15 June 1945.

Royal Marines, providing the guard of ...

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June 1945.

A unit of sailors passes the ...

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June 1945.

Wide shot of a parade in progress at ...

Close-ups of senior Allied officers, shot for editing purposes, during an Allied victory parade in Rangoon, Burma.

Series of medium close-ups of ...

Film showing the use of Alligator tracked amphibious vehicles during landings at Ru-Ywa, in the Arakan region of Burma.

Various shots of an ...

Part 1: On the main thoroughfare in Batavia Ambonese troops have established a roadblock and stopped a passing car. The car is flying red and white Indonesian pennants. The ...

At an investiture at Government House, Singapore, Major-General Thomas Terry US Army presents medals to Lieutenant-General Messervy and other British ...

At Katha, on the River Irrawaddy in northern Burma, American signalmen lay a telephone line across the river.

Views of the linesmen at work on a ...

Scenes of Supermarine Sea Otter amphibious biplanes in flight and the burning wreckage of a Sea Otter shot down over Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma ...

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen aboard HMS Prins Albert before making an amphibious landing on the banks of the Rangoon river, ...

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the Rangoon river, Burma, as part of Operation ...

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the Rangoon river, Burma, as part of Operation ...

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the Rangoon river, Burma, as part of Operation ...

British and Indian troops of 25th Indian Division are put ashore by the Royal Indian Navy at Ru-Ywa in the coastal Arakan region of Burma.

A ...

Aerial views of an amphibious landing by 25th Indian Division at Ru-Ywa in the coastal Arakan region of Burma.

Aerial views of landing craft, ...