Indians and Britons compete at an inter-Service athletics meeting, hosted by the RAF at Charbatia, north of Cuttack, Orissa, India.

VIP's ...

Footage of various Allied transport aircraft taking off after being loaded with weaponry and mules for resupply operations.

Aircraft include ...

Reel 1: Film showing flying boat operations and airmen's recreational activities at RAF Koggala in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). RAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft taking off and coming ...

Muddy frontline conditions are emphasised through shots of airmen wading through waterlogged airfield perimeter trenches, and later pushing a ...

A Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron and DUKW amphibians are used to evacuate casualties of 111th Brigade during Operation River, May- ...

Reel 1: A carpenter at work among palm trees. An armourer carries a Browning machine gun. Close-up of carpenter. Close-up of armourer. An airman works on a wooden oar. Close-up ...

Newsreel items (mute) including production of India rubber, capture of Tiddim (Burma) and South African Navy at sea.

Easter Action on Bougainville (Solomon Islands).

Opening Titles: "...These grim pictures were taken under fire by an NZNFU Cameraman. We show them to remind you that the troops sweating and dying in the ...

New Zealand newsreel.

I. Men of New Zealand's Pacific Division on Nissan Island parade to receive decorations awarded for recent action: Major Bullen receives DSO, Sergeant Reesby and Corporal Davidson the ...

The South African Army at war.

Film showing: the departure of troops to Kenya; how the equipment was provided; troops arriving in East Africa; military stores; field workshops; men working in the desert; ...

The 81st West African Division is in the process of pushing the Japanese from Mowdok, India (Bangladesh) to the Kaladan River, Burma.

Through a ...

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 ...

The British 36th Division advances from India into northern Burma and various activities to aid the advance are carried out.

Before the attack on ...

Troops of the 5th Indian Division pass through Tiddim, Burma, having taken the town, and move on towards Kennedy Peak.

A General Grant tank passes ...

A sign reads "Tiddim Bye-Pass (sic). Through Traffic". Indian troops with rifles, picks and shovels walk along a jungle-lined road. Jeeps laden with men and supplies drive along ...

At a jetty men carry belts of ammunition. The belts are passed below decks. The harbour as the boat leaves. 0.5-inch twin Vickers turret traverses left to right and then is ...

An Anti-Tank Regiment enjoy the pleasure of an improvised oven and a well-organised post office at their camp two miles south of Tiddim, Burma.

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British soldiers and supplies wait on a rough road. A jeep and trailer come along the road; there is a steep drop on one side of the road and the jeep looks perilously close to the ...

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 ...

British soldiers of 77th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division in bush hats board a raft as others on board wait. Two small boats lashed together and full of men use an outboard motor to ...

General William Slim, General Officer Commanding 14th Army arrives at Imphal airstrip and chats to Air Commodore S F Vincent, Air Officer Commanding 221 Group RAF and Lieutenant- ...

Aerial shots of the damage done to Myitkyina, Burma, by American forces in the area who were shelling the Japanese garrison; buildings are badly damaged and some are still burning ...

Shirtless men queue for their dinner in the open air; their tents can be seen in the background. A mug is used to ladle tea into another mug. A piece of bread is placed on a tin ...