In Burma 17th Indian Division advances south along the Rangoon road from Meiktila, tanks and infantry clear the defended village of Pyinbongyi near ...
In Burma 17th Indian Division advances south along the Rangoon road from Meiktila, tanks and infantry clear the defended village of Pyinbongyi near ...
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, ...
Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command) visits hospitals and medical facilities in ...
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 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, ...
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 ...
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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Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command) visits hospitals and medical facilities in ...
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, ...
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As news of Japanese surrender reaches forward troops around Toungoo (Taungoo) in southern Burma, Gurkha, Indian and British soldiers celebrate, and a ...
Aboard the troopship MV Dilwara Indian soldiers of 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment prepare to lead the reoccupation of Singapore.
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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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Somewhere in Burma, probably during the ...
A civil dignitary inspects West African ...
An edition of Fox Movietone News, Australian ...
Shot by Corporal Lloyd: Wide shot, city street ...
Indian and British ...
British troops of ...
Reel 1: Long shots of terrain at Gangaw shows smoke spreading and ...