In northern Burma, troops of 2nd Battalion The Buffs cross the Shweli River before the assault on Myitson, with machine gun, mortar and artillery fire ...

Detailed views of many dead Japanese soldiers, following their unsuccessful attack on British Army positions around Meiktila, central Burma, during the ...

Men of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, effect a deception operation prior to 2nd Division's crossing of the River Irrawaddy and ...

Watercraft are used to deliver mortar rounds to infantry of 4th Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) and ammunition to 5.5- ...

A young girl suffering from yaws, a tropical bacterial infection, also known as polypapilloma tropicum. Close-up of the girl. A young boy suffering from salds (?). A crowd of ...

Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Cecil Bouchier addresses airmen on the occasion of the disbandment of RAF 607 (County of Durham) Squadron at Mingaladon ...

With the surrender of Japan, the guerilla Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) is disbanded.

A saluting base in Kuala Lumpur; pan to MPAJA ...

With the surrender of Japan, the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) is disbanded.

Civilian procession with banners, crowd and buildings ...

INTEREST. The work of a district officer or magistrate in the province of Bengal.

Map of India showing the province of Bengal (33), rivers in the province (55), fertile plain, crops growing (70), modern communications - telegraph and tele- ...

Scenes in and around Diyatalawa camp extension where servicemen enjoy R&R.

Opening shots around Craighton Village - heavy rain clouds hang over the surrounding mountains. ...

A travelogue about the island of Dominica in the West Indies, its natural beauty, botanical gardens, markets and a coastal journey. R.3: The life and labours from shooldays, scouting and hand fishing of a Dominican.

Royal Army Service Corps DUKW amphibious trucks are used to move men and supplies on the river Chindwin in Burma.

Onboard DUKW amphibian (Duck) on ...

Whilst visiting XV Indian Corps area in Arakan (Burma) the Duke of Devonshire pays a visit to the commander of 82nd West African Division at Gun Island, ...

Views of DUKW amphibious trucks on the River Chindwin in Burma.

DUKWs on river and manouevring. In one shot a light aircraft can be seen.

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Views from a DUKW ('Duck') amphibian on the River Chindwin in Burma.

View of a DUKW amphibian on the River Chindwin. Views of the river. Steering ...

Sixteen African chiefs, the heads of tribes represented in 11th East African Division fighting in Burma, are received at Government House in Colombo, ...

After the capture of Gangaw, East African troops advance towards the River Irrawaddy, Burma, while gunners go into action and RAF Hurricanes attack a ...

Scenes of RAF personnel in India casting their votes in the British General Election of July 1945.

Establishing shot showing a large thatched ...

I. Task Group 111.3 at sea. LS from the cameraship HMS Belfast to Bermuda and Argonaut in line astern in rough sea - Bermuda is rolling heavily - the sky is overcast. Bermuda flashes a signal as the weather ...

British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Forman leave Kyaukpyu (Burma) on the northern end of Ramree Island for the ...

Reel 1: A duck, the regimental mascot of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, is seen wearing a miniature tunic (complete with medal ribbon of the 1939 - 43 Star) and ...

British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall of Rangoon, Burma.

A group of ...

Scenes of entertainment activities onboard the troopship HMT Dilwara.

A tug-of-war; Indian Other Ranks (ORs) versus British Other Ranks. The ...

Scenes at an airfield near Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, shortly after its capture from troops of the Japanese 33rd Army.

View of the airstrip with a ...

General Leese (Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and General Rees (General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Division) observe the ...

HMS Glengyle, an infantry landing ship carrying men of 3 Commando Brigade, makes its way towards Hong Kong.

View aboard Glengyle with men of 3 ...

Artillery and infantry of 123 Brigade, 5th Indian Division, on the road to Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, 140 miles north of Rangoon.

Self-propelled ...

Troops of 71st Brigade, 26th Indian Division, XV Corps enter Kyauktan (south west of Rangoon) and recently liberated Allied prisoners are seen at ...

I. Reel One. Evacuation of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war from Hainan. Onboard a British cruiser, Captain RN talks with a small group of US officers - a Japanese officer is in attendance, looking ...

I. Sequence shot from a Ruler Class escort carrier entering Hong Kong bay - possibly HMS Smiter.

II. HMS Duke of York enters Sydney harbour. HA onto focsle while at sea - men are laid out untidily, ...

Stretcher cases are taken up gangway onto hospital ship HMS Gerusalemme. Two men go up unaided - one shakes the hand of a naval lieutenant who has accompanied him to the foot of the gangway. Cut to interior of ...

A mobile column of motorised infantry and tanks drives to Ambarawa in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) to evacuate Dutch civilian internees to ...

I. Landing at Surabaya of 49th Indian Brigade, 25 October, 1945. LS broad on the starboard quarter of the Japanese torpedo boat Kiji at sea. Cameraship and companion pass through line of blockships, passing ...

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Singapore, are evacuated by air from Kallang airport.

Group of freed prisoners ...

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Changi Jail, Singapore, are evacuated by hospital ship.

Walking cases get into ...

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity at Changi Jail in Singapore, are evacuated by hospital ship.

Crowd of freed ...

With the British reoccupation of Singapore, prisoners of war evacuated by ambulances from camps to waiting hospital ships, and Japanese troops are made to clean up the city ...

After being cut off by Japanese forces from the rest of the British force northeast of Letmauk, Burma, for two weeks the 2nd Brigade 82nd West African ...

Record footage showing examples of Japanese propaganda circulated in Batavia (Jakarta) during their occupation of the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia ...

At Kyaukse, south of Mandalay on the road to Meiktila, Indian troops of 80th Indian Infantry Brigade (20th Indian Division) occupy the town.

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As 14th Army advances across the Shwebo plain in Burma, British troops of 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment (32nd Indian Infantry Brigade, 20th ...

Troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division) enter Myingyan, a town on the River Irrawaddy in Burma ...

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 items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages of the 15th Indian Corps' advance through the Arakan peninsula, and parachute supply drops to units in the jungle ...

Amateur travel film.

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Farewell to India 1945. Home, Cheam, Brother David's wedding, Nellie, 1952. Christening of John A. Jewell (nephew)

A film which contrasts the old and the new outlooks in Kenya. An elder of a coastal village has a son serving in a minesweeper who returns home on leave but soon finds himself in conflict with his father's superstition and faith in magic. ...

Footage showing the feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in Rangoon, shortly after the resumption of British civil ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a ceremonial feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in ...