Scenes of peasant agriculture and Buddhist temple bells near Mandalay, Burma.

Burmese peasant farmers thresh grain using bullocks to trample it ...

Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, commander of 14th Army, is honoured with performances of traditional Burmese entertainments at Monywa, northwest ...

Civilians in Sadaung, southeast of Meiktila, Burma, welcome RAF officers who helped reclaim their village from the Japanese.

A jeep drives up ...

The RAF provides air cover and drops supplies for men of the 2nd Division as they cross the River Irrawaddy, Burma.

Distant shot of Spitfire ...

RAF 42 Squadron are briefed before a sortie from Onbauk forward airstrip, near Shwebo, Burma.

Taxiing RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers kick ...

Aerial footage of RAF Hawker Hurricane ground attack and supply operations in and around Mandalay, Burma.

Aerial footage; the camera aircraft ...

An outline of the campaign in Burma from the abortive Japanese 'March on Delhi' offensive of 1944 to the Allies' recapture of Mandalay and Rangoon in May 1945.

The visual material is compatible with (rather than an ...

A history of the battles, fought predominantly by Australian troops, to block the Japanese conquest of New Guinea and then to recapture the island.

A general introduction stresses the conventional military defeats ...

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 ...

Examination of Japan's rle as aggressor in the Second World War.

Japanese culture and duality ("restraint at home, excess in battle" etc). Pre-war Japanese imperialism: Formosa, Port Arthur, Korea. (Reel 2) Japan ...

Prince Henry of Gloucester (en route to take up post of Governor General in Australia?) inspects units of the armed and civil defence services in Ceylon.

there are two inserted sequences, one (start of Reel 1) shows ...

Unedited takes of fishing and fishermen in Kenya.

There are several sequences divided by makeshift 'slates'. (1) Static shot of natural harbour (river ?) with fishermen bringing their boat ashore. (2) Local people ...

Film about the Allied victory in Burma.

Introduction briefly outlines the geography and climate of Burma, and the extent of the Japanese conquests. The film then describes the establishment of SEAC under Mountbatten, ...

Film account of the part played by the 81st and 82nd (West African) Divisions in the third Arakan campaign, 1944-1945.

No action footage. Men of the 81st Division under Major General Loftus Tottenham, ordered to ...

Supplies are dropped from a Dakota to a forward Army division, and local Burmese villagers are employed to collect them, at Twinnge, Northern Burma ...

The reinforcement of beachheads after a night attack across the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

Mortars explode and boats are used by the 20th Indian ...

Lieutenant-General Leese and several other officers visit 17th Indian Division at Meiktila, tour the positions of the Royal Artillery, inspect troops ...

Japanese artillery pieces which have been captured in and around the town of Meiktila, central Burma, are lined up for inspection.

A line of ...

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

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 ...

In order to get the railways of Burma in working condition a company of Indian Engineers salvages rolling stock damaged by the retreating Japanese and ...

Following the capture of Myingyan, north of Meiktila, Burma, Sherman tanks and infantry work together to flush out resistance from Japanese held ...

Hill feature 676 near Taungtha, north-west of Meiktila, Burma, dominates the road to Meiktila and the Japanese are using the position as an observation ...