I. "WELCOME HOME JAWAN". Indian troops from the Middle East arrive back in Karachi. II. "FAREWELL TO GENERAL WHEELER". U.S. Commander in the India-Burma theatre bids farewell to his many friends at New Delhi airport after ...

I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to six major cities of India. II. "SIR SULTAN AHMED RESIGNS FROM INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING". On the eve of ...

I. "CIVIL ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN BURMA" Propaganda film to mark the restoration of Britain's civil administration in Burma after three years of Japanese rule. The arrival of Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the Governor of ...

I. "BOMBAY FETES JOHN GIELGUD". The world famous Shakespearean actor visits the Information Files of India and the Rajkamal Kalamandir Studios where he is received by Shantarem, India's leading film director. II. "WORLD ...

I. "5,000 INDIANS REPATRIATED FROM RABAUL". Britain's aircraft carrier 'Formidable' enters Bombay Harbour, carry 1,200 Indian soldiers recently freed from the Japanese prison camp of Rabaul. II. "Rs. 300,000/- FOR THE KAMALA ...

I. "THE KASHMIR SEASON ENDS". A Newsparade cameraman visits the Kashmir Valley. II. "LORD ALANBROOKE'S VISIT TO INDIA". Lord Alanbrooke is greeted on arrival by Admiral Mountbatten and General Auchinleck. At Lahore he ...

I. "BENGAL'S FOOD SITUATION SURVEYED. ARMY CONTRIBUTES TRANSPORTATION". Sir J.P. Srivastava, Food Member and Mr. Casey, Governor of Bengal, tour eastern and western Bengal to review the food position in the province. II. " ...

I. "INDIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL ON TOUR IN BURMA". Four members of the Indian National Defence Council went across to Rangoon for a twelve-day tour of Indian formations in Burma. II. "REPATRIATION OF INDIAN TROOPS ...

I. "AUSTRALIAN XI'S FAREWELL TEST MATCH". At Madras, the Indian XI beat the visitors by six wickets. II. "INDIA GOES TO THE POLLS". Indians cast their votes in the Central Assembly elections, for the first time in eleven ...

I. "RACING SEASON OPENS AT THE ARAKAN TURF CLUB" Racing scenes at the Arakan Turf Club, Burma. Gordon Richards features among the jockeys. Queues of soldiers waiting at paying out windows and later running into the sea ...

I. "THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT" Scenes of Americans enjoying rodeo scenes at a grandstand involving horses, mules, bulls and lassoing. In Bombay, Canadian troops look after Indian "orphans" at a Christmas party featuring Father ...

I. "CEYLON WELCOMES A NEW GOVERNOR" Accompanied by his wife, Sir Henry Moore arrives in Ceylon as Governor and representative of the King, thirty four years after being a young civil servant. Moore meets civilian members of ...

I. "SANTINIKETAN - THE ABODE OF PEACE" "Famous people" attend the 43rd anniversary of the Ashram, founded by the father of the great poet Tagore". A plaque in Chinese "tells how the place has become world-famous". Scenes of ...

I. "PUBLICISTS RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIA'S FAITH AND CONFIDENCE" Mr Bozman holds meeting of the Publicity Advisory Committee as " a simple guide to what to say in wartime". Commentary also notes that "there is always someone to ...

The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, arrives by flying boat to meet troops.

View from a beach or ...

At Kai Tak airfield in Kowloon a China National Aviation Corporation transport aircraft (a Douglas Dakota) taxis; the camera follows to show a waiting RAF guard of honour. Field ...

Field Marshal Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Singapore for a tour of inspection, and visits a number of infantry ...

Field Marshal Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Singapore for a tour of inspection.

Lord Louis Mountbatten, ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Singapore after transferring his headquarters from Kandy in Ceylon (Sri ...

Following the Allied reoccupation, engineers of the Japanese army and navy dismantle an anti-aircraft gun at Hong Kong.

Japanese engineers (some ...

At an investiture at Government House, Singapore, Major-General Thomas Terry US Army presents medals to Lieutenant-General Messervy and other British ...

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Major-General George Symes presents a Japanese sword to the men of HMS Jamaica.

Symes inspects men of HMS Jamaica. ...

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 ...

On Christmas Day 1945 a party of around 70 Dutch and Chinese children are welcomed aboard the Royal Navy Harbour Repair Ship HMS Assistance, anchored ...