Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite mortar fire and air strikes from ...

His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, Burma, to observe ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command, visits the officers and men who helped capture Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, ...

After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag raising ceremony carried out by Lieutenant- ...

Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops forced the Japanese out of ...

Lieutenant-General F A M Browning, Chief of Staff of South East Asia Command, visits positions held by the 82nd West African Division at Tamandu on the ...

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

The final assault on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, from the air takes place and British troops of 19th Indian Division enter the complex after the ...

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Glasgow. Canteen scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.

Messages home from British Naval personnel in India (including WRNS) to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.

Messages home from British RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area (including Bolton). External scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel (with Black African Labour corps) in India to their loved ones in the Manchester, Stockport and Birmingham areas. External scenes.

Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Miles Arrindell of the Second Battalion Suffolk Regiment records scenes during the Battle of Imphal, including a Japanese prisoner-of-war and the capture of the Isaac feature (June 1944), and later (after transfer to ...

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area.

British servicemen in India, relaxing in a studio set bar with a piano accompanist, speak directly to camera to send brief messages of reassurance and endearment home to their relatives and friends in Warrington, Lancashire. All then sing the Vera ...

Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military and off-duty activities of his unit in Burma, 1942-1945, and of his own travels in wartime India. Film shows men of his ...

Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in Air Command South East Asia. The map flips upright, so the camera is looking directly down on it, and commentary explains the basic geography of ...

An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.

Description of the logistic problems of the Burmese campaign, caused by mountainous jungle, the Chindwin river and heavy monsoon rainfall. ...

I. "S.E.A.C." a. WAAFs arrive (by ship) in India and, as well as starting new duties, do some sightseeing. b. 'Scots' commentary describes bomber (Liberator and Halifax ?) maintenance in the Burma sector and (after film of take-off, flight and action ...

I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation of a New Executive Council that would include 'equal proportions of Caste Hindus and Moslems'. ...

I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, visits the Club. Festival of the Bull is celebrated. The Governor of the Central Provinces decorates ...