SUPREMO AT KALEWA 1944
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA), visits the recently built floating Bailey bridge over the River Chindwin at ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA), visits the recently built floating Bailey bridge over the River Chindwin at ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia (SACSEA), visits the recently built floating Bailey bridge over the River Chindwin at ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied ...
Supreme Allied Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits troops of 25th Indian Division in the Arakan region of Burma.
A Fairmile B motor boat ...
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 ...
Ceremony of the presentation of the Sword of Honour to Lord Gort by the people of Malta and Gozo.
Lord Gort is driven from the Palace in Valletta through the streets of ...
Shot on 30 December 1944: Wide shot looking ...
Travelogue across part of South India with specific interest in the temples of the region. Both the beauty and the significance of the architecture is emphasised in a commentary set above an Indian score. Seen in the film are paddy fields ...
As Eighth Army continues its advance ...
Scenes from Tiddim, Burma, showing ...
On 17 July 1944 the greatest barrage ever laid down on a single target took place when one hundred guns of medium and field artillery fired nine ...
As the fight begins to take Burma back from the Japanese the Chindits mount long range patrols in the area of the Mogaung Valley to identify and harass ...
21 May 1944. Monsignor Gonzi inspects the Guard of Honour of the King's Own Malta Regiment at the Palace Square, Valetta. He gets into his carriage, which passes through the streets on the way to ...
At Umbertide, in Perugia, Italy, King ...
The Nawab of Bhopal, Hamidullah Khan, visits Imphal airfield at sunset.
The Nawab (an honorary Air Commodore) is greeted by Air Vice Marshal ...
Demonstrating the difficulty of operating aircraft and airfield life under monsoon conditions at Imphal in Manipur, India.
Shot of a windsock ...
As 8th Indian Division advances on the ...
At Veroli, in Italy's Liri Valley, ...
At a Royal Indian Navy base in southern ...
(Reel 1) B&W - Winter 1939 (?). Kennard in suit by his open-top Ford Tourer, beside camel and Arabs. Playing polo at Alexandria Sporting Club. Boxing and tennis. Third Battalion exercise in desert: large tent encampment near rocky mountains. Soldiers ...
A tank track is repaired. A soldier takes a lump hammer to part of the tracks. Damaged bogeys on the tank. One man holds a small section of track as another uses a torque wrench on ...
After fierce fighting British and Indian soldiers inspect the damage to the town of Tiddim, Burma.
General view of the town of Tiddim 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 ...