General Sir Frank Messery, General Officer Commanding Malaya, opens a Bailey bridge built by Royal Indian Engineers of the Queen Victoria's Own Madras ...
General Sir Frank Messery, General Officer Commanding Malaya, opens a Bailey bridge built by Royal Indian Engineers of the Queen Victoria's Own Madras ...
Sir Miles Lampson, Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner to South East Asia, arrives at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is greeted by Lord Mountbatten ( ...
Reel 1: 14 March 1946, at 1530 hours: looking aft as the cameraman's vessel, Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM) 7063, leaves the jetty at Penang, Malaya. Water churning at the stern. ...
Shot on 28 March 1946: General Leclerc, commander of French forces in Indo-China, steps out of a staff car and is introduced to Lieutenant-Colonel Roe, the commander of the Punjabi ...
At Myitnge, on a tributary of the River Irrawaddy, Burma, the Royal Indian Engineers work to complete a major bridgebuilding project.
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Sawai Man Singh II, Maharajah (Maharaja) of Jaipur, visits Hong Kong and inspects Indian troops of the Jaipur Guards (Indian State Forces).
At ...
At the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, the 1st Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment beat the retreat before an audience including the Sultan of ...
View from the steps of the Municipal Building as Gimson's car draws up and he gets out. Troops and spectators at the top of the steps; Gimson leaves and descends the steps. He ...
Part 1, shot by Sergeant Brown: McKerron and Major-General Lionel Cox, commander Singapore District, leaving the Municipal Building. McKerron, Cox and others at the salute for the ...
Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilcox on 26 March 1946: Lord Killearn and an unidentified officer walking in the grounds of Government House, Singapore. Killearn and other delegates pose ...
In Rangoon, capital of Burma, an athletic meeting is held at which troops from Rangoon and 454 Sub-Areas compete at track and field events.
Three ...
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, a race meeting is held, sponsored by headquarters Malaya Command.
Wide shot of the starting line and competitors at the ...