General Thomas Wynford Rees, commander of 19th Indian Division, and General Montagu Stopford, commander of XXXIII Indian Corps, ...

Members of the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) including George Formby, the British music hall artist, arrive to ...

A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...

A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...

A week before the handover of responsibility for Burma from military to civil administration, a parade is held ...

The newly returned Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, attends a civic reception in Rangoon and makes a ...

The newly returned Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, attends a civic reception in Rangoon and makes a ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a dragon dance in the Chinese quarter of ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, attends races at Kyaikasan racecourse in Rangoon.

Dorman-Smith with a ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, receives a civic welcome in Rangoon.

Series of severely underlit ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

Fairly dark ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

Guards lining ...

Dorman-Smith's car arrives at Rangoon Cathedral and he gets out. Lady Dorman-Smith with the Rt Rev the Lord Bishop of ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

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Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.

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Aerial footage of RAF Hawker Hurricane ground attack and supply operations in and around Mandalay, Burma.

Aerial footage; the ...

During the night Royal Artillery troops landed on a small island near Ru-Ywa, Burma, and manhandled their 5.5 ...

Gurkha infantry of 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles, 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen entering the town of ...

RAF 42 Squadron are briefed before a sortie from Onbauk forward airstrip, near Shwebo, Burma.

Taxiing RAF Hawker Hurricane ...

Bombay, the Gateway to India, Bombay Yachting Club, crowded street with street markets, Perth + Freemantel city scenes with the ...

The Maharajah of Manipur's official dancers perform for airmen of the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air ...

Victory parade and celebrations in Hong Kong after the surrender of Japanese forces and its liberation by British ...

Party of Japanese medical orderlies wearing gauze face masks. Two Japanese with notebooks; one of them is making notes. Medics ...

Two former prisoners of war, one British and one Indian, receive medical treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, ...

Prince Henry of Gloucester (en route to take up post of Governor General in Australia?) inspects units of ...

RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers conduct an exercise in close air support near Meiktila, central Burma.

A plume of dust ...

Hawker 'Hurribomber' aircraft are rearmed at Onbauk forward airstrip on the River Irrawaddy before attacking nearby Japanese targets.

An ...

Local Chinese civilians take part in an identity parade in order to identify Japanese troops suspected of war ...

Scenes of the life of a farmer and his family in Maharashtra during the changing seasons of the year.

Amateur film of the residency at Mhow, India, and Freya Stark. stark is received by the Acting Resident Major W ...

Amateur film taken by the political agent in Quetta while on tour. Film taken by the Political Officer Mr barlow ...

Documentary: Film shows examples of different aspects of India, religion, peasan ts and sophisticated society.

In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the ...

Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.

An officer seen using a loud hailer. A ...

I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation ...

I. "SIR SHENTON THOMAS REUNITED WITH WIFE AFTER 3 AND A 1/2 YEARS OF JAPANESE INTERNMENT". At Calcutta airport, Sir ...

I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, ...

I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...

Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and ...

Hindu troops of 1st Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment, stationed in Saigon (French Indo-China, now Vietnam) celebrate the festival ...

Indian troops, many of whom had been overseas for several years serving in Africa and the Mediterranean, are ...

Scenes of Inland Water Transport operations on the River Irrawaddy in Burma.

A number of local rafts on the ...

Reel 1: A Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) being launched. A man paints an identity number (N-226) onto a Higgins barge ...

Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha ...

Motor transport of IV Indian Corps seen passing through the Oktwin area, south of Toungoo, on the road ...

Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed ...

The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome ...

The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome ...