Somewhere in central Burma, troops of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) work to modify Universal carriers for river crossing ...

In the Arakan coastal region of Burma, Indian Engineers of 25th Indian Division do maintenance work on outboard motors.

A British engineer officer ...

Reel 1: Telephoto shot of a crucifix atop a church tower. General shot of the church. View of a Buddhist temple. Closer shot of Burmese script above the entrance to the temple; ...

As British troops of 36th Division advance south through northern Burma and occupy Mahlainggon, civilian refugees evacuate on foot and by bullock cart ...

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

I. "S.E.A.C." a. WAAFs arrive (by ship) in India and, as well as starting new duties, do some sightseeing. b. 'Scots' commentary describes bomber (Liberator and Halifax ?) maintenance in the Burma sector and (after film of take-off, flight and action ...

A survey of the defensive (and offensive) work of the RAF, and especially Coastal Command, over the seas around Britain.

Convoy protection (an essential prelude to the invasion of Europe) is illustrated briefly with ...

I. [Recent developments in aviation.] a. Sikorsky two-seater training Helicopter, Hoverfly I; commentary explains advantages over the autogiro. b. A Stinson Reliant demonstrates - first with a sheep, then a human - a new method of 'snatching' ...

I. "Your RAF reporter..." Reporter introduces a. Italian patriots parade in St. Mark's Square, Venice, to honour their liberators. Allied troops sightsee. Commentary emphasises value of patriots' contribution to North Italy campaign. b. ...

I. "Your RAF reporter presenting the truth to the Station Warrant Officers of the world." The reporter introduces: a. Cranwell: the King and Lord Trenchard visit the College during its 25th Anniversary Celebrations. b. A Dakota transport flies over ...

I. "Your RAF reporter..." "Your RAF reporter" introduces a. Halton Camp, RAF technical training centre (workshops, cadets' march-past, sports day). b. "Calcutta's Hyde Park" is converted into an emergency air strip. Fighters are serviced, and take- ...

Sync slates 64 to 66 from Burma Victory (not used in final production) with Mountbatten talking to officers about the excellence of the troops in India, and troops with band playing marching past the camera.

I. "ROTARY SHOWS THE WAY TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING" Scenes of the Rotary International Cultural Exhibition in Bombay where "Nations and Empires beckoned for your attention". Czechoslovakia is represented, with her consul in ...

"THE INDO-BURMA-CHINA ROAD - FIRST PICTURES OF REOPENING OF CHINA'S OVERLAND SUPPLY ROUTE" Scenes of the first convoy to cross the Irrawaddy river in Burma, built by General Pick. featuring the news cameraman Oscar Bovill. ...

I. "100 INDIAN NEWSPAPERS REPRESENTED AT EDITORS CONFERENCE" One hundred Indian newspapers are represented by war correspondents and journalists at the Newspaper Editor's Conference in Calcutta. In attendance are military ...

I. "AIRBORNE BEAT CHAIRBORNE IN RUGBY AT DELHI" Rugby match scenes in Delhi between the Paratroopers Rugby team and the 'Chairborne' side in the presence of Their Excellencies Viceroy and Vicereine Wavell.

II. "THE NEWS ...

I. "RECRUITING IN THE ASSAM JUNGLES" Scenes of wild elephants being captured and tamed by men in the Assam jungle, using other tame elephants and a single piece of rope.

II. "HOLKAR WINS RANJI SEMI-FINAL BY 10 WICKETS". ...

I. "THE HIMALAYAN SCENE". The timeless beauty of the Himalayas. II. "NEW ALLIED AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF FOR SOUTH EAST ASIA". The appointment of Air Marshall Sir Keith Park. III. "THE TUNGABADRA DAM; DEDICATED TO ENDURING ...

I. "THE ROYAL INDIAN AIR FORCE". India's Commander-in-Chief General Auchinleck presents pilot's wings to pupil officers. II. "INDIA'S LIFELINE HER RAILWAYS". Sir Edward Benthall opens the Indian Railways Exhibition in Delhi. ...

I. "COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S WAR PAGEANT FOR LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS". India's Commander-in-Chief General Auchinleck hosts his annual garden party. II. "FAUJI SEVARDARNIS' PART IN THE PEOPLES WAR". A conference of Fauji Sevadarnis ( ...

I. "PRINCE OF BERAR ADVOCATES MORE KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE". Prince of Berar gives an address at the opening of a Hostel donated by him to the Shiwaji Maratha High School. II. "BOMBAY EXPLOSION VICTIMS HONOURED". The laying of ...

I. "INDIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS: ANOTHER YEAR OF SERVICE". A ceremonial parade at Poona, just one of many held all over the country. II. "PUBLIC RALLY TO MAINTAIN SERVICE WHEN TRANSPORT WORKERS STRIKE". Volunteers take the ...

I. "IN LIBERATED MAYMYO". British and Indian soldiers adjust to life in the now peaceful city. II. "WAC(I)s CELEBRATE THIRD BIRTHDAY". Parades of the Women's Auxilliary Corps of India in Bombay and Karachi. III. "BOMBAY ...

I. "KAMLA CLUB WINS AGA KHAN HOCKEY TOURNAMENT". The defeat of the Kalyamal Mills by the Kamla Club Team of Campore in the final in Bombay. II. "TRAINING FOR 'THE DURATION' AND AFTERWARDS". The training of recruits for the ...

I. "FRONT LINE ENTERTAINMENT". Marie Burks gives a concert at an air strip in Burma to the 14th Army veterans. II. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF". The work of the Women's Voluntary Service, discussions on the shortage of food and cloth ...

I. "LABOUR MEMBER'S PLANS FOR INDIA'S FUTURE". Dr. Ambedkar, Labour Member of the Government of India speaks at the Committee of the All India Scheduled Castes Federation at their third annual Conference in Bombay. II. " ...

I. "BOMBAY CELEBRATES VICTORY IN EUROPE". Thanksgiving services and V-Day Parades held in Bombay. II. "REPATS ARRIVE HOME IN INDIA". Indian Pioneer Corps return home from service in the Middle East, Greece and Italy. III. " ...

"ALL INDIA CELEBRATIONS ON VICTORY DAY" I. "DELHI". At the Church of the Redemption India's Viceroy attends a Thanksgiving Service. Connaught Place sees the largest military parade ever held in the capital with more than ...

I. "LEST WE FORGET". A war memorial has been built at Bara Banki in the United Provinces to commemorate the men of Fyzabad who lost their lives in this war. II. "PRISONERS OF WAR LIBERATED AFTER THREE YEARS CAPTIVITY". ...

I. "INDIAN INDUSTRIAL MISSION IN AUSTRALIA". Sir Datar Singh, head of the Mission, and his colleagues arrive in Melbourne and are shown the aircraft factories, coal mines and wool stores of Victoria state. II. "SWEEPING THE ...

I. "H.E. THE VICEROY RETURNS FROM ENGLAND". Lord Wavell returns to India. II. "INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR WELCOMED HOME". In Bombay, the Governer, Sir John Colville, greets repatriated prisoners of war. III. "DEPARTURES AND ...

I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation of a New Executive Council that would include 'equal proportions of Caste Hindus and Moslems'. ...

I. "INDIAN LEADERS RESPOND TO VICEROY'S CALL". Indian leaders respond to the Wavell Plan. Mr. Gandhi, Mr. Nehru, Mr. Prasad, Mr. Kripaland, Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, Mr. Azad and Mr. Desai are in Bombay to attend a meeting of the ...

I. "LORD WAVELL WELCOMES INDIAN POLITICAL LEADERS IN SIMLA". Indian political leaders arrive at Simla to discuss the Viceroy's solution to the political deadlock. II. "INDIAN MERCHANT SEAMAN REPATRIATED". Hundreds of seamen ...

I. "PAGEANTRY IN PALESTINE". King's birthday parade is the biggest ever held in Palestine, involving units from India, Britain and the Middle East, a celebration of Allied military might. II. "SIMLA CONFERENCE FAILS". The ...

I. "INDIANS STUDY THE ITALIAN WAY OF LIFE". Indian soldiers discuss new methods of agriculture and details of animal husbandry. II. "DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR RIAF FIGHTER PILOT". Air Vice Marshal Thomas attends a ...

I. "WAR MINDEDNESS AT HIGH LEVEL IN THE UNITED PROVINCES". Sir Maurice Hallett, Governer of the United Provinces is introduced to civil officers of the Bichhia Labour Camp and visits the Provincial Fruit and Vegetable Show ...

I. "NAVAL PATROLS ON THE BURMA COAST". Allied navy patrols carry out target practice. II. "BLOCKING THE JAP ESCAPE ROUTES ON THE MAWCHI ROAD". Allies push on to Mawchi to prevent Japanese soldiers escaping from the area ...

I. "BOMBAY HONOURS SIR PHIROZESHAH MEHTA ON BIRTHDAY CENTENARY". Nearly fifty organisations in the City assemble to garland the 45 foot statue of Phirozeshah Mehta, Indian statesman. II. "R.A.F. MOSQUITOS OVER THE HIMALAYAS ...

I. "JAPAN SURRENDERS. ALLIED VICTORY IN WORLD WAR II". Extended report telling the story of Japanese aggression, Allied courage and Emperor Hirohito's eventual surrender.

I. "VICEROY CONFERS WITH PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS". Lord Wavell calls a Conference of Provincial Governors at New Dehli. II. SIR HOMI MEHTA ABROAD WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS". Sir Homi inspects welfare arrangements for Indian troops ...

I. "HOW BRICKLAYERS ARE TRAINED IN FRANCE". Pupils of the brick layers' school in Paris exercise on scaffoldings and train on the future. II. "ROYAL NAVY HAND OVER ASSAULT CRAFT TO ROYAL INDIAN NAVY". At the new Royal Indian ...

I. "V.J. DAY CELEBRATED QUIETLY IN INDIA". Lord Wavell gives an address to the people of India asking them to dedicate themselves to the great task of reconstruction. Thanksgiving services are held across the country. II. " ...

I. "JAPANESE CAPITULATE AT PENANG". Captain Hidaka, representing the Japanese naval Commander-in-Chief at Penang, boards the battleship Nelson to offer their surrender. Penang becomes the first big city to be liberated in ...

I. "GURKHAS COMPLETE THE REOCCUPATION OF BURMA". Gurkhas move up the river to a large Japanese transport centre on the Sittang River. II. "ID IN INDIA AND MALAYA". India's Muslim population celebrate Id-al-Fitr and fill the ...

I. "SIR SHENTON THOMAS REUNITED WITH WIFE AFTER 3 AND A 1/2 YEARS OF JAPANESE INTERNMENT". At Calcutta airport, Sir Thomas greets his wife and members of his former staff after his release from a Japanese prisoner of war camp ...

I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, visits the Club. Festival of the Bull is celebrated. The Governor of the Central Provinces decorates ...

I. "AMERICAN HONOURS AWARDED TO FIELD MARSHALL LORD WAVELL AND GENERAL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK". Both men are awarded the Legion of Merit by Lieutenant General Wheeler, Commander of the U.S. forces, India-Burma theatres. II. " ...