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At Changi Jail, Singapore, three convicted Japanese war criminals are hanged.
Shot from beneath the gallows in the courtyard ...
Footage shot with live sound at Changi Jail, Singapore, showing three convicted Japanese war criminals being hanged.
Three shots, ...
Film opens with captions detailing the history of, and current work of, the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU). "1914-1918 Ambulance trains ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits east African troops in Rangoon, capital ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits troops on garrison duty on Labuan ...
Amateur film of travels in hilly country. Also elephants seen performing and natives dancing. [Assigned: 'Ceylon' scratched onto the reel ...
The life of a village carpenter and his family in Palestine two thousand years a go.
Reel 1: Shot looking through a set of gates towards a large white building (probably Government House); a sentry is ...
Amateur film of the spring festival at Udaipur. Views of the Residency and its garden. Poeple dressed in their best ...
Political and social life in India.
Credits. Crowd of Indians. Commentary states that among the contradictions of India a new ...
I. "FIGHTING FOURTH WELCOMED HOME". At Karachi, Fourth Division return home after over six years of active service in the ...
I. "THE CABINET MISSION ARRIVES IN INDIA". The Cabinet Mission arrive to try and break the political deadlock in India. ...
I. "DEWAS SENIOR CELEBRATES VICTORY ON RULER'S VICTORY" Maharajah of Dewas presides at his own Durbar accompanied by the nobles ...
Reel 1 Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilson at Dalla dockyard, Rangoon: shot of the name 'Noel K Adam' above ...
In Hong Kong, British and Indian troops of the so-called 'Brindjap' force, bound for the occupation of Japan, ...
Troops bound for Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) parade at the Municipal Building ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.
Mountbatten ...
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The first trials of Japanese war criminals at Singapore get underway.
General view of the courtroom with the accused ...
At Toungoo, Burma, Douglas Dakota transport aircraft of RAF 62 Squadron are loaded with sacks of rice for ...
Recruiting film for British volunteers for the Palestine Police illustrates the special nature of police duties in the ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is ...