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

As the fight for Burma's second city of Mandalay continues Richard Casey, Governor of Bengal, visits Mandalay Hill with Generals Slim, Rees and others ...

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

Shot by Lieutenant Abbas: Indian troops line a road as General Slim's jeep passes, followed by a second. Gurkha (?) troops at the roadside. Jeeps drive away from camera towards ...

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

Reel 1: Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia speaking with a senior officer wearing the 'Ace of Spades' patch of 25th ...

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

A Royal Indian Navy motor launch, patrolling coastal rivers on Ramree Island off Burma, searches for Japanese stragglers with the aid of a captured ...

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

British infantry of 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment board Royal Indian Navy LCMs (Landing Craft Mechanised) make an amphibious landing ten miles ...

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

HMS Eskimo, a Royal Navy Tribal Class destroyer, bombards Japanese shore positions while troops make an amphibious landing in the Letpan area of the ...

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

Troops of 2nd Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles (4th Indian Infantry Brigade, 26th Indian Division) advancing south after amphibious landings at ...

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

Film by an American cameraman showing an amphibious landing at Ma-I chaung, part of the Letpan landings, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma.

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

On Ramree Island off the Arakan coast of Burma, local civilians welcome British troops, who go sightseeing with a local headman before a Union flag is ...

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

On a beach up the Zani Chaung in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, landing craft unload stores and a captured Japanese tank is put aboard a landing ...

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

At Kyaukse, south of Mandalay on the road to Meiktila, Indian troops of 80th Indian Infantry Brigade (20th Indian Division) occupy the town.

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

In Maymyo, prewar summer capital of Burma, civilian life begins to return to normal after the towns liberation from the Japanese.

British ...

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

After crossing the River Irrawaddy at Singu, troops of the 6th Rajputana Rifles advance south towards Mandalay, Burmas second city.

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

Film showing the use of Alligator tracked amphibious vehicles during landings at Ru-Ywa, in the Arakan region of Burma.

Various shots of an ...

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

Film by an American cameraman showing an amphibious landing at Ma-I Chaung (river or watercourse), part of the Letpan landings, in the Arakan coastal ...

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

In the Arakan coastal region of Burma, men board landing craft at Kyaukpyu beach on Ramree Island for amphibious landings at Pyin-Wan.

At a bend ...

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

Troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division) enter Myingyan, a town on the River Irrawaddy in Burma ...

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

Film by an American cameraman showing a Fairmile B motor launch beached on the Kaleindaung river, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma.

A motor ...

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

British and Indian troops of 25th Indian Division are put ashore by the Royal Indian Navy at Ru-Ywa in the coastal Arakan region of Burma.

A ...

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

Men of the Sikh Light Infantry capture the outskirts of the town of Pyawbwe during 17th Indian Division's advance on Rangoon, capital of Burma ...

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

Liberated local people perform traditional dances for British and Indian troops at Pagan, central Burma.

Line of Burmese civilians in elaborate ...

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

Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of Yenangyaung, Burma.

Indian ...

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

Scenes from 5th Indian Division's drive along the Rangoon road between Pyinmana and Toungoo, Burma, including Indian wounded, Japanese dead, destroyed ...

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

As 17th Indian Division advances south through Burma along the Rangoon road from Meiktila, armoured and motor vehicles ford the Baingda river near ...

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

In Burma 17th Indian Division advances south along the Rangoon road from Meiktila, tanks and infantry clear the defended village of Pyinbongyi near ...

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

Aerial views of an amphibious landing by 25th Indian Division at Ru-Ywa in the coastal Arakan region of Burma.

Aerial views of landing craft, ...

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

Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command) visits hospitals and medical facilities in ...

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

The Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits Burma's second city, Mandalay, and meets Lieutenant-General Stopford, whose troops captured the city ...

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

Indian troops of 17th Indian Division, supported by the fire of a battery of self-propelled 105mm guns, enter the town of Pegu 50 miles from Rangoon, ...

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

Two weeks after the recapture of Rangoon by British forces, monsoon weather hampers the movement of tanks and vehicles in the vicinity of Nyaungkashe, 35 miles north east of Pegu ...

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

With the British reoccupation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, troops of the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) (CAS(B)), work to rebuild and rehabilitate the city.

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

Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command) visits hospitals and medical facilities in ...

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

Indian troops, probably of 26th Indian Division, board Royal Indian Navy landing craft from a beach at Ramree Island, off the Arakan coast of Burma, ...

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

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

As news of Japanese surrender reaches forward troops around Toungoo (Taungoo) in southern Burma, Gurkha, Indian and British soldiers celebrate, and a ...

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

Aboard the troopship MV Dilwara Indian soldiers of 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment prepare to lead the reoccupation of Singapore.

Troops ...

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

Following the Japanese surrender, Indian troops of 5th Indian Division return to Singapore by sea, and the Japanese garrison decamp to concentration areas in Johore.

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

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Benedict: Outside a wooden hut (a command post?) a British brigadier wearing the triangular insignia of 26th Indian Division gets into a jeep with a number ...

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

Somewhere in northern Burma, a small wooden bridge is used by men, mules and vehicles to cross a river.

Indian troops pass camera. They pass through ...

Mountbatten and party, including US Army Lieutenant-General Joseph Stilwell, passes camera. Mountbatten meets British troops. At an airfield British and American officers shake hands. Mountbatten departs by Douglas Dakota transport aircraft (serial ...

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US sailors in the Philippines (San Fernando?). Street scenes showing sailors counting cash and local boys waving a Japanese flag. General street scenes with US troops, civilians and various forms of transport (including horse drawn). A Philippino ...

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

Somewhere in Burma, probably during the ...

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

A civil dignitary inspects West African ...

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 WAR

An edition of Fox Movietone News, Australian ...

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 WARUnited States of America

Shot by Corporal Lloyd: Wide shot, city street ...

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 WARUnited States of America

Indian and British ...

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 WARUnited States of America

British troops of ...

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

Reel 1: Long shots of terrain at Gangaw shows smoke spreading and ...