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9th Sudanese regiment marching across the Omdurman Battlefield. Abu Hamed Railway Station; shipwreck; sandstone quarries at the narrowest part of ...
Indian boy sees the dance of the Elephants.
INTEREST. A series of shots of an Indian elephant stacking logs in a timber yard (86 ft).
Amateur film of elephants at work; young elephants being trained.
British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Forman leave Kyaukpyu (Burma) on the ...
Drama of kidnapping and intrigue set against an Indian background.
PROPAGANDA. A film on the National Government's aims to boost Britain's trade with the Empire: Though nerve-centre of the Empire, ...
Reel 1: A duck, the regimental mascot of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, is seen wearing a miniature tunic ...
British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall ...
Scenes of entertainment activities onboard the troopship HMT Dilwara.
A tug-of-war; Indian Other Ranks (ORs) versus British Other Ranks. ...
Scenes at an airfield near Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, shortly after its capture from troops of the Japanese 33rd ...
General Leese (Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and General Rees (General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Division) ...
HMS Glengyle, an infantry landing ship carrying men of 3 Commando Brigade, makes its way towards Hong Kong.
View ...
Artillery and infantry of 123 Brigade, 5th Indian Division, on the road to Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, 140 miles ...
Troops of 71st Brigade, 26th Indian Division, XV Corps enter Kyauktan (south west of Rangoon) and recently liberated ...
I. "Captured German 88mm gun." US ordnance crew inspect and test 88mm gun; it is resprayed with US markings.
II. "CBI ...
British soldiers of 77th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division in bush hats board a raft as others on board wait. Two ...
A mobile column of motorised infantry and tanks drives to Ambarawa in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) to ...
Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Singapore, are evacuated by air from Kallang airport.
Group ...
Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Changi Jail, Singapore, are evacuated by hospital ship.
Walking ...
Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity at Changi Jail in Singapore, are evacuated by hospital ...
After being cut off by Japanese forces from the rest of the British force northeast of Letmauk, Burma, ...
Demonstrating the use of an RAF de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane to evacuate casualties from improvised landing areas ...
At Changi Jail, Singapore, three convicted Japanese war criminals are hanged.
A hooded Japanese prisoner, probably Sergeant-Major Nobuo Iijima ...