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 ...
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 ...