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 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 ...
Men of 5th Maratha (Mahratta) Regiment reinforce landing sites around Setkhaw, Burma, which were taken during the night after shelling from the Royal ...
Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river by using their LCM Mark III (Landing Craft ...
Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of Yenangyaung, Burma.
Indian ...
Consolidated Liberator heavy bombers of RAF 355 Squadron attack Japanese targets near Natkyigon, Burma
Operating from Salbani airfield, in ...
While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on Gun Island near Ru-Ywa, Burma.
A ...
Wide shot showing Lieutenant-General Roberts' staff car arriving outside the Suleiman Building in Kuala Lumpur. He meets the officer commanding. Troops on parade. He meets the ...
The commander of 14th Army, Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, launches two warships on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, Burma.
Deck work on a ...
Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior civil and military figures ...
ACTUALITY. Wildlife at the foot of the Himalayas in northern India.
Forest, mountain range in background (9). A black bear walking through the forest, and on open ground (32). Chital deer grazing; other deer grazing, drinking (119). A wild pig ...
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 ...
Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.
Story of three comrades in arms in the wars of the North-West Frontier in 18th century India.
During a lull in fighting in the Maungdaw area of Arakan, Burma, British troops of 25th Indian Division demonstrate how they deal with monsoon ...
Depicts medical work of the London Missionary Society at Jianganj, specifically at the new hospital built by the Society to serve the Murshidabad district of Bengal. Mission staff featured include Dr. Beryl Bowering and Dr. Oliver Newell.
Scenes showing RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft being loaded and refuelled prior to supply operations from Chandina, India.
Dakota aircraft being ...
Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits the Kohima and Imphal fronts, India.
Mountbatten arrives at ...
Lord Munster, Under-Secretary of State for India makes a tour of welfare inspection of British troops in India.
Lord Munster seen arriving by ...
Personal film of Lord Willingdon, Viceroy of India from the early to mid-1930s.
Brief shot of moving steam train. Indian Maharajah in finery, horses led by servants with plumed headdresses. Indians in uniform followed by European ...
Large formal lawn in gentlemen's residence where a toddler is taking unsteady steps watched by parents/grandparents and with dogs playing.
Production / Donor Details: The collection was shot mainly in India between 1932 and 1942 ...
Amateur film. City scenes in Calcutta.
Rarely seen footage of Gandhi filmed by his great nephew, Kanu.
Speaks to a large crowd, possibly outside a railway station. Gandhi and entourage walking along in wooded surroundings. They cross a bridge and enter a village where they are ...
1880's: Tale of two tough British sergeants, Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan, who journey from India through Afghanistan to the primitive wilds of Kafiristan to seek their fortunes. This results in Dravot being crowned king.
Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment march along a rough road past traditional huts in the suburbs of Mandalay, Burma.
Local people walk ...
Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment move through ruined streets in Mandalay, Burma, whilst mortar batteries concentrate fire on Japanese ...
British troops of 19th Indian Division begin to fight their way into the northern part of the city of Mandalay, Burma.
Troops from the 8th ...
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 ...
After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag raising ceremony carried out by Lieutenant- ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division have cleared the Japanese from positions at the top of Monastery Hill, Burma, but the Japanese have tunnelled under the ...
Airstrikes by RAF Hurribombers (Hurricane fighter-bombers) on Fort Dufferin and troops of 6th Gurkha Rifles marching towards Mandalay, Burma.
A ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite mortar fire and air strikes from ...
Mortars are fired to cover the activities of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles who are clearing the south west corner of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay. More mortar ammunition is prepared ...
British troops from 19th Indian Division advance into the north of Mandalay, Burma, and aid the attack on Mandalay Hill.
Buddhist pagodas in the ...
The situation in India in 1942.
Titles. Elephants heading along a road. A wide plain in India. Aeroplanes flying in formation and dropping bombs; Indians looking up in the air for the aircraft: 'to no people has war come with more shock and ...
The Indian contribution to the war effort.
Titles. Long lines of Indian troops advancing towards camera. A busy Indian street, with statue of British monarch visible in the background. Billboard with cartoon picture of Churchill saying, 'To ...
In Hong Kong, British and Indian troops of the so-called 'Brindjap' force, bound for the occupation of Japan, mount a march past.
High shot ...
The work of medical missions in Southern Nigeria, Sarawak, Nepal and South India.
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, ...
Edited footage showing joint American and British military police activities in Calcutta, India.
City scene showing a stationary tram and a herd ...
No main title. A man writes `God Save the King' on a blackboard. "Nevertheless they are exceedingly grateful and sent this mesage to England." A man sells neck rings at a market stall. "The Indian Bazaar is one of the most paying ...
Operations by RAF De Havilland Mosquito aircraft at Joari airfield, east of Cox's Bazaar, India, and paratroopers descending on Rangoon, Burma ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.
Mountbatten gets out of a ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.
View from a high vantage ...
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 ...
Amateur film shot by medical missionary Ronald Carpenter. Includes footage of people working in Mirzapur City and District; general street scenes; Bible Churchman's Missionary Society (B.C.M.S.) wedding between Mr and Mrs Garrood; bathing ...
