Scenes of Inland Water Transport operations on the River Irrawaddy in Burma.
A number of local rafts on the river. They are constructed of a ...
Scenes of Inland Water Transport operations on the River Irrawaddy in Burma.
A number of local rafts on the river. They are constructed of a ...
The visit of Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim to 2nd Division area at Ondaw, Burma.
Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, commander of 14th Army ...
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- ...
Wide shot showing a very large structure built of Bailey bridging sections. Men of the Madras Sappers and Miners heaving the structure into position. A British officer directing ...
Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed to prevent their escape eastwards, ...
Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian Division's headquarters at Penwegon, ...
Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian Division's headquarters at Penwegon, ...
Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a pot of rice while another chops vegetables. An armed soldier ...
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by engineers of the 94th Faridkot Field Company ( ...
Japanese prisoners are seen receiving medical treatment at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station at Pegu, Burma.
Rows of sick or wounded Japanese ...
The distribution of supplies to local Burmese people in Lingadipa, Burma.
The men of 100th Brigade 20th Indian Division bring in rice and atta ( ...
Japanese envoys sign a preliminary treaty at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.
Interior footage with live sound in the hall at Government House. ...
Japanese envoys sign a preliminary agreement at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.
Interior footage shot from a high point looking down over the ...
Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff) sign a ...
Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff) sign a ...
Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff), depart ...
Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff), depart ...
Film demonstrating the use of a floating dock on the Rangoon river, Burma.
At Rangoon docks a wide shot shows a merchant ship berthed alongside a ...
Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.
At Mingaladon airfield, ...
Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.
Japanese delegates, led by ...
In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the Madras Sappers and Miners of 325th Field Park ...
Field Security Section attached to the 100th Brigade attend to the medical needs of local Burmese from the area of Lingadipa, Burma.
Sergeant A F ...
Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.
Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 ...
Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.
Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 ...
Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.
Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 ...
Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.
Air Vice Marshal Bouchier ( ...
Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.
Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 ...
With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of the River Sittang near Mokpalin, Burma, to discuss ...
With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of the River Sittang near Mokpalin, Burma, to discuss ...
A military mission from Siam (Thailand) arrives at the headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia (SACSEA) in Kandy, Ceylon (Sri ...
Reel 1: Rather underlit interior shots, filmed with live sound, at Municipal Hall, Singapore. A sailor and soldier stand guard at the door. Senior Allied officers file in and take ...
Troops from 82nd West African Division arrive at Ru-Ywa, Burma, by boat and are met by Major-General Stockwell and Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe.
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Part 1, shot by Sergeant Hewit: View looking down on a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)) with Indian troops aboard. Men looking out over a rail (of a troopship?) with other ...
Part 1, shot by Sergeant Sanders: View from a landing craft with the Singapore skyline on the horizon and Landing Craft Medium LCM 4038 directly ahead. Indian troops. Wide view of ...
Part 1, shot by Sergeant Abbott: Pan around Kranji POW camp showing huts amongst trees, men walking about and others doing laundry. Various shots of men queueing for food at the ...
Civilian internees, freed from Japanese captivity at Tavoy (now Dawei) in Lower Burma, arrive by air at Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon before being ...
Former Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Siam (Thailand), board a landing craft to a transport ship for passage to Calcutta ...
Former Allied prisoners of war (POWs), recently released from Japanese captivity, arrive in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) en route to the UK.
Troops ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command (SEAC), arrives by air in Rangoon, Burma, before visiting liberated British ...
On the eve of the Japanese surrender in South East Asia, interned Japanese personnel are put to work in Singapore.
Japanese prisoners of war doing ...
At MacArthur Camp Lord and Lady Mountbatten talk with officers. Mountbatten inspects a guard of honour. He speaks with an Indian POW. He meets a number of officers and men. He ...
Troops of 25th Indian Division make an amphibious landing on the coast of Malaya at Morib as part of Operation Zipper.
Troops making their way ...
7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide with XXXIII Corps advance on Mandalay, Burma, and ...
At the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, the commander of Japanese 29th Army (Lieutenant-General Ishiguro) surrenders to the commander of ...
Static views of recently-liberated Singapore.
Views across the Straits of Johore. Views of the countryside surrounding Singapore. An Australian ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, is seen en route to Singapore with General Slim, commander-in-chief Allied ...
With the surrender of Japan, troops of 23rd Indian Division mount an amphibious landing near Port Dickson on the Malayan coast, as part of Operation ...