I. Reel One. Chinese victory parade. Portrait of Chiang Kai-shek is paraded through the streets, preceded by Allied flags. A Chinese dragon forms part of the procession. Most of the placards are in Chinese, but ...
START 10:22:59 Filmed from the first floor balcony of Government House in Nairobi, senior European and African Anglican clergy led by Bishop Stuart (?) of Nairobi conduct an open-air Service of Thanksgiving to mark V-J Day on or near 15 August 1945, ...
Amateur film taken by an unknown British cameraman of the victory parade by 23rd Indian Division of the Indian Army, comprising 1 Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier R C M King), 37 Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier N Macdonald) and 49 Indian ...
With the fall of the Burmese capital Rangoon the Allies stage a victory parade.
A podium with dignitaries and an RAF band in the foreground. ...
Not long after the liberation of Rangoon, capital of Burma, and the end of the war in Europe, a celebratory victory race meeting is held at Rangoon ...
A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held at Government House, Rangoon, with Lord ...
What can be achieved with a small staff and little equipment in a small school for children of all ages, exemplified by a village school in England.
Burmese villagers of Ywama village, six miles west of Kindaunggyi, north of Taungup in the Arakan, Burma, celebrate Burmese New Year with their ...
Viscount Wavell and Lady Wavell visit an RAF airfield.
RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft with Union flag flying from the cockpit taxiing. The Viceroy ...
The Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, arrives by flying boat to meet troops.
View from a beach or ...
Visit of the Reverend T Roberts, Society of Jesus, Archbishop of Bombay and Vicar Delegate to His Majesty's Forces in India and South East Asia, to 36th ...
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 ...
United States Army Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan (Commander of the Burma-India Theatre) arrives in his private Douglas C47 Skytrain called 'The Magic ...
Lieutenant-General Leese pays a visit to IV Corps which has been fighting in the Meiktila region of central Burma.
General Leese chats to fellow ...
Lieutenant-General F A M Browning, Chief of Staff of South East Asia Command, visits positions held by the 82nd West African Division at Tamandu on the ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, visits the officers and men who helped capture Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits IV Indian Corps in Burma.
An RAF ...
The visit of Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim to 2nd Division area at Ondaw, Burma.
Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, commander of 14th Army ...
Various family shots taken in Simla and Almora, plus street scene in Simla, bazaar scenes in Almora and camp scenes in Almora District.
Production / Donor Details: The collection comprises two sets of films. The early films ...
Personnel of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force arrive by air at an RAF airfield in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
Distant shot of RAF Douglas Dakota ...
Reel 1: Two airwomen sunbathing in a garden. Two women in civilian clothes sitting on a gate. A woman mounts a horse and goes riding. Airwomen outside their billet. Women ...
I. 'ALBANIA.' Albanian partisans using captured German equipment pose for photographs next to a sign that reads "Tiran" (Tirana). Panoramic footage shows Tirana and surrounding mountains. Three Royal Air Force (RAF) Handley Page Halifax bomber ...
I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' Members of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) stand on the deck of a small marine auxiliary vessel used to ferry RN personnel from ship to shore. WRNS members work on the decks of a small ferry vessel (MCI). Film footage ...
I. 'BRIDGE TO VICTORY.' Bailey Bridge panel sections are loaded onto a London Midlands Scottish (LMS) goods car. Footage taken in the interior of a steelworks manufacturing Bailey Bridge parts shows a female factory worker cutting steel girders with ...
