Part 1: On the main thoroughfare in Batavia Ambonese troops have established a roadblock and stopped a passing car. The car is flying red and white Indonesian pennants. The ...
A mobile column of motorised infantry and tanks drives to Ambarawa in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) to evacuate Dutch civilian internees to ...
In Surabaya a large pall of smoke hangs over a burning kampong or village. Two Chinese civilians approach carrying their belongings; the leading man carries a small Chinese flag to ...
Stage and film star Patricia Burke gives an impromptu show to British troops while she is the guest of XV Indian Corps on Akyab Island in the Arakan ...
Following closely behind the advancing British troops in Burma the Madras Sappers and Miners build an airstrip at Ondaw to aid operations at the front ...
After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian nationalists, the village of Bekassi (Bekasi) in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia ...
Film showing troops of 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment off duty in Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) and a visit by General Sir Philip Christison, Allied ...
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, ...
Local Chinese civilians take part in an identity parade in order to identify Japanese troops suspected of war crimes at Sham Shui Po internment camp in ...
1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action near Myinmu, Burma.
An artillery piece is loaded and fired on Japanese positions as support for ...
Tanks and men from 255th Armoured Brigade and 17th Indian Division spearhead the advance across the Irrawaddy River towards Meiktila, Burma, and en ...
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, ...
As 17th Indian Division (IV Corps) approach Meiktila, Burma, they encounter more evidence of Japanese sabotage to halt the British progress when a ...
Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by British troops of 19th Indian Division on Japanese positions.
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British troops from 19th Indian Division advance into the north of Mandalay, Burma, and aid the attack on Mandalay Hill.
Buddhist pagodas in the ...
A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd Mechanical Equipment Corps level a large area ...
Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment march along a rough road past traditional huts in the suburbs of Mandalay, Burma.
Local people walk ...
Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river by using their LCM Mark III (Landing Craft ...
While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on Gun Island near Ru-Ywa, Burma.
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British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade proceed from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma up the Thanzit River.
Indian troops sit on the deck of ...
HMS Roebuck anchors on the Thanzit River (Burma) to disembark troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade into LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry).
British ...
After the capture of the Ava Bridge and the city of Sagaing in Central Burma officers from the British capturing forces meet from opposite sides of the ...
Mortars are fired to cover the activities of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles who are clearing the south west corner of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay. More mortar ammunition is prepared ...
Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment move through ruined streets in Mandalay, Burma, whilst mortar batteries concentrate fire on Japanese ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite mortar fire and air strikes from ...
His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, visits the officers and men who helped capture Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, ...
After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag raising ceremony carried out by Lieutenant- ...
Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops forced the Japanese out of ...
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 ...
General Leese (Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and General Rees (General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Division) observe the ...
The final assault on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, from the air takes place and British troops of 19th Indian Division enter the complex after the ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Glasgow. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Naval personnel in India (including WRNS) to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area (including Bolton). External scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel (with Black African Labour corps) in India to their loved ones in the Manchester, Stockport and Birmingham areas. External scenes.
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Miles Arrindell of the Second Battalion Suffolk Regiment records scenes during the Battle of Imphal, including a Japanese prisoner-of-war and the capture of the Isaac feature (June 1944), and later (after transfer to ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area.
British servicemen in India, relaxing in a studio set bar with a piano accompanist, speak directly to camera to send brief messages of reassurance and endearment home to their relatives and friends in Warrington, Lancashire. All then sing the Vera ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military and off-duty activities of his unit in Burma, 1942-1945, and of his own travels in wartime India. Film shows men of his ...
Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in Air Command South East Asia. The map flips upright, so the camera is looking directly down on it, and commentary explains the basic geography of ...
An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.
Description of the logistic problems of the Burmese campaign, caused by mountainous jungle, the Chindwin river and heavy monsoon rainfall. ...
I. "S.E.A.C." a. WAAFs arrive (by ship) in India and, as well as starting new duties, do some sightseeing. b. 'Scots' commentary describes bomber (Liberator and Halifax ?) maintenance in the Burma sector and (after film of take-off, flight and action ...
I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation of a New Executive Council that would include 'equal proportions of Caste Hindus and Moslems'. ...
I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, visits the Club. Festival of the Bull is celebrated. The Governor of the Central Provinces decorates ...
