BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

On a rainy day at Sungei Patani in Kedah, Malaya, thousands of men of the Japanese 94th Division surrender, while the officers of the division lay down ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Japanese troops, probably of 53rd Division, 33rd Army, surrender their arms and equipment to men of 1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles (63rd Brigade, ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

Film sequences not in chronological order. CUs of lattice mast of a Ruler Class escort carrier (either HMS Hunter or HMS Attacker) flying the Dutch, French, US and White Ensigns, and a 'V for Victory' flag. MS ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

British troops seen coming ashore at Penang, Malaya (Malaysia), on parade and taking over Glugor seaplane base from the Japanese.

The tote ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Infantry of 1st Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles (99th Brigade, 17th Indian Division) supported by tanks, attack a Japanese position at Okpo, 8 miles south ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Supported by tanks, Gurkha infantry of 48th Brigade, 17th Indian Division, IV Corps, seen mopping up pockets of Japanese resistance at Yewe near Yindaw, ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Following the capture of Myingyan, north of Meiktila, Burma, Sherman tanks and infantry work together to flush out resistance from Japanese held ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Just to the rear of the fighting area in Taungtha, north-west of Meiktila, Burma, 5th Indian Division Recovery Company workshop work to keep the ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Tanks and infantry of 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, supported by aircraft, overcome unexpected Japanese resistance at the village of Pyinbongyi, ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Gurkha infantry of 63rd Brigade, supported by tanks and aircraft, attack a Japanese position at Payagyi, ten miles north of Pegu near Milestone 60 on ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Sherman medium tanks of 255th Indian Tank Brigade being used to consolidate 7th Division's bridgehead over the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

Tanks ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

LS off the starboard beam of HMS Euryalus steaming in calm sea. LS of HMS Indomitable. MS forward along starboard deck edge to island of cameraship, HMS Venerable - the ship's crane is swung inboard and a ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

I. Reel One. Rear-Admiral Harcourt transfers his flag to HMS Swiftsure for entry into Hong Kong. HA.MS from Swiftsure as ship's boat approaches carrying Harcourt and his staff. Harcourt comes onboard and greets ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Scenes of peasant agriculture and Buddhist temple bells near Mandalay, Burma.

Burmese peasant farmers thresh grain using bullocks to trample it ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

I. HA.MS onto focsle decks of two destroyers running abreast on portside of cameraship HMS King George V - the nearer destroyer has the more modern dual-purpose main armament. Ratings heave on a line to bring ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

Elements of TG 111.3 arrive at Kiirun in Formosa for the evacuation of POWs. Cameraship HMS Argonaut.

HMS Bermuda heads inshore, followed by HMS Argonaut and HMS Quiberon. They ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

General Sturdee, GOC First Australian Army, accepts the surrender of Japanese forces in the Bismarcks, Solomons and New Guinea on the flightdeck of HMS Glory off Rabaul on 6 ...

Great Britain

Views of traditional life in S. Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) to illustrate the tribal background to missionary work.

London - Thames scenes - Big Ben, buses over bridge, barges, workmen, loading ship from barge, liner `Warwick Castle' ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

At Thanbyuzayat camp in Burma Asian forced labourers receive food, clothing and medical attention from the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) before being ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' (REME) Light Aid Detachment of 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery have set up an ...

INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

Shot on 3 March 1945: Indian infantry of a battalion of the Frontier Force (probably 9th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles) advancing towards the village of Nagthayauk; they ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Tanks and men from 255th Armoured Brigade and 17th Indian Division spearhead the advance across the Irrawaddy River towards Meiktila, Burma, and en ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

As 17th Indian Division (IV Corps) approach Meiktila, Burma, they encounter more evidence of Japanese sabotage to halt the British progress when a ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, accompanied by his wife Edwina, visit areas of Singapore related to the recovery of ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

At MacArthur Camp Lord and Lady Mountbatten talk with officers. Mountbatten inspects a guard of honour. He speaks with an Indian POW. He meets a number of officers and men. He ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Two days of continuous rain reduce the roads to a sea of mud, making driving conditions challenging, around Tagaung and Minong, Burma.

Dodge 4x4 ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Views of a troopship convoy to Singapore, views of the city, and Allied prisoners liberated from Changi prison camp.

Views from a troopship ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

RAF Repair Units clear bomb debris from Rangoon, Burma, while transport aircraft fly despite atrocious monsoon weather.

Bomb damage at Rangoon ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Reel 1: Views from the Penang Hill Railway. The carriage passes a signboard with a (long) list of rules for a local swimming pool in English and Japanese. The carriage enters a ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Reel 1:Air Marshal Coryton, Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon and Group Captain David seen talking on beach airstrip on the Mayu Peninsula. RAF Stinson L-5 Sentinel light ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Reel 1: At Maymyo (Pyin U Lwin) a quantity of captured Japanese biscuits are distributed to refugees. Shots of biscuits being distributed and of children eating them. A man uses a ...

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ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

RAF Republic Thunderbolt Mk II fighter-bombers are seen operating from an airstrip at Meiktila, central Burma.

Thunderbolt Mk II AW:H (RAF 42 ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Admirals Harcourt and Fraser, General Festing and Brigadier Hardy, make a tour of inspection of the Hong Kong New Territories, including a trip to an ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Film documenting the training of the Kuantan Police force, 'after three and a half years of enforced idleness under the Japanese' by two British ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

After crossing the Irrawaddy River, Burma, troops of the 33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division consolidate the bridgehead as a base for future ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Sherman medium tanks of 5th (Probyn's) Horse, 255th Indian Tank Brigade being carried on rafts across the Irrawaddy River, Burma at Nyaungu.

Tanks ...

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START 10:00:00 A Royal East African Automobile association roadsign at Nankura 110 miles west of Nairobi giving directions and distances in miles to places near and far - Nairobi, Mombasa, Salisbury (now Harare), Johannesburg, Cape Town one way and ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

Offcuts from amateur film by Colonel Hodgkinson in Burma. Most of the scenes are reconstructions (with the exception of the market scene).

"The Enemy" written in English ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

Shipping in anchorage at Trincomalee taken from a motor launch and an aeroplane.

Opening sequence shot from launch in main anchorage - HMS London is present, fitted with a ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

HMS Roebuck anchors on the Thanzit River (Burma) to disembark troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade into LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry).

British ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Film showing troops of 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment off duty in Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) and a visit by General Sir Philip Christison, Allied ...

INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

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START 10:00:00 A delegation of tribal elders dressed in long white robes and wearing turbans (suggesting that they are African Moslem tribesmen) are seated in a semi-circle underneath a tree in the grounds of an educational establishment (?) ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

A Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft of the United States Army Air Force arrives at Kallang Airport, Singapore, to evacuate American internees.

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BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

I. The two American battleships approach the harbour. USS California (44) enters first through gap in the seaward defences - a boom defence vessel stand by to close the gap after the passage of the two ships. ...

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

As 14th Army crosses a river in Burma, ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Film demonstrating the use of a floating dock on the Rangoon river, Burma.

At Rangoon docks a wide shot shows a merchant ship berthed alongside a ...