British soldiers of 77th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division in bush hats board a raft as others on board wait. Two small boats lashed together and full of men use an outboard motor to ...
General William Slim, General Officer Commanding 14th Army arrives at Imphal airstrip and chats to Air Commodore S F Vincent, Air Officer Commanding 221 Group RAF and Lieutenant- ...
A rough road in countryside. A pall of smoke rises and debris lies around a XXXIII Indian Corps ammunition dump. The remains of ammunition boxes lie around a still smoldering pile. ...
A 2nd Division mobile concert party sets up in Manipur, India, before staging a show for troops of XXXIII Corps.
The camera, in an open area, ...
Several types of Japanese artillery, captured during recent fighting at Bishenpur and Ukhrul, are exhibited at the HQ of 20th Indian Division.
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Scenes from a refugee camp at Rangiya (Rangyia) in Assam, India.
Burmese civilians, including men, women and children, cross frame from right to ...
Part 1: Near Milestone 82 on the Manipur Road a signpost gives the distance to Worcester (5,100 miles, 'no way out') and Tokyo (2,800 miles, 'way out'). The top of the sign reads ' ...
A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded soldier of the Lushai Brigade at Zampi, in the Chin ...
At a Remount Depot and Veterinary Hospital, mules are treated and trained ready for service on the Burma front.
A line of mules; each is held by ...
A Japanese prisoner of war (POW) is escorted to a POW cage near Imphal by a number of African soldiers.
A British soldier stands by the roadside ...
Shot by Sergeant Hammond: wideshots of the game in progress, shot from the back of a lorry, giving a view over the crowd. Shots of the crowd with British and Indian soldiers ...
Indian Engineers of 5th Indian Division operate a cable ferry across the Manipur River, India, which is then used to convey the guns of 28th Jungle ...
A jeep railway is operated by men of 36th Division near Sahmaw in northern Burma.
A jeep, fitted with railway wheels, stands parked on a railway ...
Edited footage showing joint American and British military police activities in Calcutta, India.
City scene showing a stationary tram and a herd ...
Very short film showing an Avro Anson transport aircraft starting up, taxiing, and in flight, somewhere in India.
A ground crewman hand cranks an ...
An edited production by the SEAC Film Unit (British) shows how 'SEAC', the newspaper of South East Asia Command, is produced and distributed to troops ...
Men of 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment (of 23rd Long-Range Penetration (LRP) Brigade, part of 3rd Indian Division (also known as 'Special Force' or the Chindits) seen returning to ...
After the abandonment of the Japanese assault on Imphal, British and Indian troops of 5th Indian Division are seen advancing south on the Tiddim Road, ...
As tanks and infantry of 5th Indian Division advance towards Tiddim, Burma, Indian Engineers bridge the Beltang Lui river, supplies are dropped by ...
Infantry of the Assam Rifles seen preparing various traps during jungle warfare training at Sadiya, Assam, India.
Wide shot; two soldiers walk ...
Indian troops of 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (123rd Brigade, 5th Indian Division) seen on patrol in the area of the Tiddim-Kalemyo road, Burma, ...
Scenes at an Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' workshop of 123rd Brigade, 5th Indian Division, and views of bomb damage and terrain on the ...
Film showing the movement of supplies from the port of Chittagong, India (Bangladesh), to Dohazari and onwards by road to the front in the Arakan, Burma ...
Scenes of mortar training, a crashed Japanese bomber, mountainous scenery, a wounded Japanese prisoner and captured equipment, and a brigade planning ...
British soldiers of XV Corps celebrate Christmas 1944 on the Teknaf Peninsula on the Indo-Burma border.
A man leaves a tent; he carries a bugle. ...
Scenes on the road lines of communication from Dimapur, India, to Kalewa, Burma.
Aerial footage of the road in mountainous terrain between Palel ...
The Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits officers and men of 3rd Special Service Brigade on the Teknaf ...
General Sir George Giffard, Commander-in-Chief 11th Army Group, inspects his forward troops near Tamu on the Indian-Burmese border.
General ...
Three Douglas Dakota transport planes line up alongside the airstrip and the furthest plane taxis forward. Another Dakota taxis forward guided by an airman on the ground. Wavell ...
Officers, including Lieutenant-General Slim, from the South East Asia Command gather for a conference in the jungle near Imphal, India.
Officers ...
During a lull in fighting in the Maungdaw area of Arakan, Burma, British troops of 25th Indian Division demonstrate how they deal with monsoon ...
Two months after the end of the Battle of Kohima a memorial is unveiled by Lieutenant-General Stopford commander of XXXIII Indian Corps and British and ...
Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Brighton area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Norwich area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Liverpool and St Helens area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel (including WRNS) in India to their loved ones in the Oldham area. Canteen scenes.
Notes
Roy Francis is one of the servicemen appearing. He is referred to only as 'Roy'.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Worcester area. Canteen Scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Southampton area. Canteen scenes.
Indicative extract from recording: Unidentified Serviceman: Howdy there! I think your husband ...
Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland. Canteen scenes.
Those appearing: Dvr D W Rennie, RASC to his wife, Mrs D W Rennie, 12 Kingscross Road, Beechwood; Stoker I A J ...
Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland and to some in South Wales. Canteen scenes.
Amateur film of the Regal Cinema staff in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, recreating in the garden behind the cinema their contribution to the nationwide Salute the Soldier Week, in 1944. The usherettes, dressed in the ...
Air-to-ground shots of Coral Sea and Owen Stanley mountain range, as aircraft flies from Brisbane to Ward's airstrip at Port Moresby (New Guinea) and then to Dobdura airfield. Australians and Americans deplane. US First Cavalry Division forms up at ...
I. 'INDIA.' An unidentified merchant ship is berthed in Calcutta Docks having arrived with a consignment of Australian wheat in support of relief operations in famine stricken Bengal. Grain is unloaded by hoist from the merchantman's hold and stored ...
I. 'BURMA.' British Fourteenth Army M3 Stuart light tanks and soft-skinned vehicles drive along a jungle track during the fighting in defence of Imphal (Assam). British M3 Grant tanks drive along a jungle track. Aerial footage shows the harsh terrain ...
