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, ...

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

Troops of 3 Commando Brigade assault the Myebon peninsula in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, with the support of tanks, aircraft and naval gunfire ...

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

In order to speed the surrender of Japanese forces at Ramree town (on Ramree Island in the Arakan region of Burma) Royal Indian Navy (RIN) landing ...

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

A Gurkha of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Gurkha Rifles has a leg amputated in a field hospital at Myebon, Burma, after he was captured and left for dead by the ...

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

Part of an RAF Wing and an RAF Regiment Squadron moves across some difficult terrain to a new forward base in Burma.

Wrecked bridge at Toungoo. ...

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

In Saigon, capital of French Indo-China (Vietnam), British, Indian and French troops mark the first Armistice Day since the end of the war.

Four ...

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

At a Field Ambulance unit near Pauktabin in central Burma, British troops of 36th Division receive typhoid inoculations.

A syringe is taken out of ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

RIN depot ship lies at mooring buoy in estuary with Fairmile B MLs alongside to port and starboard. Cut to interior CUs of flotilla briefing - a Lieutenant-Commander pricks a chart while his junior captains ...

BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EASTGB

MS off the starboard beam of a small merchantman steaming in a calm sea, and pan left to Oerlikon position on cameraship as it fires off a few rounds. XLS of escorting sloop - a depth charge (?) explodes astern ...

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

In Singapore an Armistice Day parade is held for the first time since the end of the Japanese occupation.

Views of civilians and troops observing ...

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

In Singapore an Armistice Day parade is held for the first time since the end of the Japanese occupation.

Senior officers and other dignitaries ...

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

Scenes from a commemorative parade and wreath laying at the Cenotaph in Singapore on Armistice Day, 1945.

Troops on parade. A group of senior ...

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

In Hong Kong the first Armistice Day ceremony is held since the British reoccupation of the territory, with the General Officer Commanding, General Festing, in attendance.

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START 10:00:00 An African motorcycle despatch rider (DR) motors past the camera during manoeuvres in Kenya or Madagascar. Wearing steel helmets, African soldiers serving with the King's African Rifles (KAR) make their way through dried-up bushes with ...

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

32nd Army (Blood) Transfusion Unit work at a forward airfield to save the lives of soldiers from IV Corps wounded in action.

Blood donated in ...

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

French troops under General Leclerc arrive in Saigon to take over military responsibility for Indo-China from 20th Indian Division.

French troops ...

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

British, American, Indian and Chinese personnel released from Japanese captivity in Rangoon arrive by hospital ship in Calcutta.

A stretcher ...

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

A battery of the 1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action as support for the beachhead operations of 100 Brigade, 20th Indian Divison at Myinmu, ...

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

1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action near Myinmu, Burma.

An artillery piece is loaded and fired on Japanese positions as support for ...

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

Concerted attacks by the RAF and British Army on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma are seen both from the air and from the ground.

Airborne view ...

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

Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and scenes after its capture.

Footage taken ...

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

As troops of 2nd Division advance towards Ywathitgyi on the River Irrawaddy in Burma, field and medium artillery provide support, along with heavy ...

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

Pilots of an Artillery Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron, attached to 26th Indian Division, practice landing in confined areas on Ramree Island, Burma ...

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

Australian soldiers of 1st Parachute Battalion lay on a Christmas party for children, both local and from a nearby camp of freed Dutch internees, in ...

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 ...

Palestine

(216A) April 1940: (item continued from MGH 1438). Trench digging instruction; training in use of rifle. Pay parade. Scenes in mess - men queue for food and drink, relax in mess hall. Parade on drill square - unidentified British officer takes ...

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

Wide shot showing a very large structure built of Bailey bridging sections. Men of the Madras Sappers and Miners heaving the structure into position. A British officer directing ...

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

After the fall of the city of Shwebo in ...

Great Britain

A film made for African audiences showing how Basuto troops are occupied in the Allied cause.

A title reads 'Middle East: Basuto fire fighters in action'. A fire has been lit on a stone jetty. At the fire station, the alarm is ...

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

In Mandalay, Burma's second city, the stronghold of Fort Dufferin is pounded by air attacks and after the fall of the fort, the divisional commander ...

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

Shot by Lieutenant Hayat: Uneven and dark footage of troops walking along a road. View of the distant Mandalay Hill with bare trees in the foreground; troops (probably 8th ...

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

RAF Liberators bomb defences in support of amphibious landings against Rangoon, Burma.

Aerial footage of Spitfires in the distance. Distant ...

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 ...

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

His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe ...

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

At 30 West African Field Dressing Station at Kyaukpyu, volunteers from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines give blood for transfusion to the wounded men of ...

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

The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...

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

The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...

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

In northern Burma, a joint patrol of Royal Scots Fusiliers and Royal Engineers of 36th Division sets out to demolish Japanese bunkers.

Sapper ...

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

Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded their weapons from a ...

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

Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.

General views of Mandalay ...

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

Views of bomb-damaged buildings on Akyab Island, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, with British troops coming ashore.

Two shots of a large ...

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

FIlm, probably from Akyab Island in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, showing an inspection by senior officers of bomb damage to buildings.

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

Landings are made on beaches at Ramree Island with survey shots of damaged and destroyed buildings on the island.

A Chevrolet CMP lorry tows an ...

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 ...

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

Footage of the bombardment of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, as seen from Mandalay Hil.

View of Fort Dufferin with raised dust. Long lens ...

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 ...

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

17th Indian Division IV Corps on the road between Nyaungu and Meiktila, Burma.

Sherman tanks of Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward VII's Own Lancers, ...

Overview of the history and work of the London Missionary Society in four sections. Includes narrative on the origins and pioneers of the Society, and scenes of various aspects of missions work in the different regions - Africa, Madagascar, India, ...