Trials with DDT carried out in the Takoradi-Axim area of the Gold Coast, West Africa.

Secondary forest and dense cover and general views of the trials area. Dense forest. ...

Trials with DDT carried out in the Takoradi-Axim area of the Gold Coast, West Africa.

Field equipment loaded onto vehicles. Radio communication equipment. Communication roads ...

Army Documentary film on the campaigns against Japanese forces in Papua New Guinea from 1942 to 1944.

Major General R H Dewing introduces the film, giving a brief overview of the initial stages of the conflict in the ...

Light aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) evacuate casualties of 11th East African Division from Yazagyo, Burma.

A USAAF L-5 ...

At Pinwe in northern Burma, British gunners of 36th Division (probably 178th Field Regiment Royal Artillery) dig an emplacement for a 25-pounder field ...

Film showing the construction of the floating Bailey bridge on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, Burma.

Tightening nuts on a Bailey section. Various ...

Shot on 7 December 1944: A British soldier beckons forward a lorry; a signpost is marked 'TCP' (Traffic Control Post). A sign points the way to Kalewa. Lorry crosses a Bailey ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA), visits the recently built floating Bailey bridge over the River Chindwin at ...

Film shot in northern Burma, probably in late December 1944, showing a raft being used by 36th Division to convey vehicles across a river, probably the ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA), visits the recently built floating Bailey bridge over the River Chindwin at ...

Film apparently taken in northern Burma showing preparations for Christmas in December 1944, by men of 36th Division.

View over a supply dump in ...

Footage of a Christmas church service held for a Royal Artillery unit, probably in northern Burma.

Gunners at a church service; at the front of ...

Footage of Christmas festivities of 25th Indian Division in the coastal Arakan region of Burma in December 1944.

Men singing; some are wearing the ...

A church service is conducted for British troops in the field in Burma.

Various shots of the service in progress. There are some (possibly large) ...

Sir Oliver Leese, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits 26th Indian Division in the Arakan region of Burma, and meets the ...

Shots of British troops at a village in northern Burma, probably in late December 1944.

Wooden house somewhere in northern Burma; British soldiers ...

In northern Burma, pack mules are swum across the River Irrawaddy by troops of 36th Division.

Looking over the side of a boat with men in the ...

At a river ford somewhere in the coastal Arakan region of Burma, troops of 25th Indian Division man a crossing and help convey guns across the river ...

Tanks, troops, and artillery of XXXIII Indian Corps move up as part of operations towards Shwebo in Burma.

Parachute supply bundles descending ...

Footage of a Christmas church service being conducted in the field, probably for troops of 36th Division in northern Burma, December 1944.

Shots ...

Footage of Christmas festivities being conducted in the field by troops of 36th Division in northern Burma, December 1944.

Close-up of a British ...

Supreme Allied Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits troops of 25th Indian Division in the Arakan region of Burma.

A Fairmile B motor boat ...

Men being served food, with a close-up of food being piled onto a man's plate. Shot of improvised marquee made of parachute. Men eating. Officers (?) arriving.

Man pours beer ...

At Tigyaing in northern Burma troops of 36th Division cross the River Irrawaddy.

Men working to convert a boat for use as a vehicle raft; various ...