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Following the capture of Myingyan, north of Meiktila, Burma, Sherman tanks and infantry work together to flush out ...
Just to the rear of the fighting area in Taungtha, north-west of Meiktila, Burma, 5th Indian Division Recovery ...
Tanks and infantry of 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, supported by aircraft, overcome unexpected Japanese resistance at the ...
Gurkha infantry of 63rd Brigade, supported by tanks and aircraft, attack a Japanese position at Payagyi, ten miles ...
Sherman medium tanks of 255th Indian Tank Brigade being used to consolidate 7th Division's bridgehead over the Irrawaddy ...
Story of how an American adventurer foils a Red plot to blow up Hong Kong.
Scenes of peasant agriculture and Buddhist temple bells near Mandalay, Burma.
Burmese peasant farmers thresh grain using bullocks to ...
Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythology associated with them.
Three holy men sitting on a raised stone platform ...
Travelogue across part of South India with specific interest in the temples of the region. Both the beauty and the ...
At Thanbyuzayat camp in Burma Asian forced labourers receive food, clothing and medical attention from the Civil Affairs ...
Documentary on life in a desert town.
Film showing the community of Brunei, indicating how life here is changing fast.
The film shows: the history of ...
The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' (REME) Light Aid Detachment of 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery ...
Tanks and men from 255th Armoured Brigade and 17th Indian Division spearhead the advance across the Irrawaddy River ...
As 17th Indian Division (IV Corps) approach Meiktila, Burma, they encounter more evidence of Japanese sabotage to halt ...
The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its ...
On 17 July 1944 the greatest barrage ever laid down on a single target took place when one ...
As the fight begins to take Burma back from the Japanese the Chindits mount long range patrols in ...
START 00:00:00 Monochrome views of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon filmed in late 1939, showing a French light cruiser identified ...
A picture, early in the war, of the armed solidarity of the British Empire.
The film serves to illustrate ...
Scenes of the first Women's Auxiliary Air Force personnel arriving in Bombay and sightseeing in Delhi.
Troopship approaches dockside ...
The film opens with a sunrise shot, followed by scenes in Le Touquet, probably 1938, with shots of a large ...
I. "S.E.A.C." a. WAAFs arrive (by ship) in India and, as well as starting new duties, do some sightseeing. b. ...
I. [Recent developments in aviation.] a. Sikorsky two-seater training Helicopter, Hoverfly I; commentary explains advantages over the autogiro. b. A ...
The work and training of the (Royal Bombay) Sappers and Miners; film stresses the military importance of their ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...
Propaganda film encouraging Malayans to inform on Communist Terrorists (CTs) in return for cash rewards.
Narration over dramatic incident. ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, accompanied by his wife Edwina, visit areas of Singapore ...
At MacArthur Camp Lord and Lady Mountbatten talk with officers. Mountbatten inspects a guard of honour. He speaks with an ...
Two days of continuous rain reduce the roads to a sea of mud, making driving conditions challenging, around ...
The Nawab of Bhopal, Hamidullah Khan, visits Imphal airfield at sunset.
The Nawab (an honorary Air Commodore) is greeted ...
Government publicity for the national four-year plan.
The narrator stresses the urgent need for expansion if trade is to ...
Government information film about Singapore.
Film has three items: (1) 'Yang Di Pertuan Tours'. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche ...
Government information film.
Four items. (1) 'Industrial Singapore - Tobacco'. Study of the process of cigarette manufacture, emphasising the ...
Government information programme.
Two items. (1) 'Industrial Singapore - Soap'. Manufacture of soap from surplus coconut oil. The successive ...
Views of a troopship convoy to Singapore, views of the city, and Allied prisoners liberated from Changi prison ...
Demonstrating the difficulty of operating aircraft and airfield life under monsoon conditions at Imphal in Manipur, India.
Shot of ...
RAF Repair Units clear bomb debris from Rangoon, Burma, while transport aircraft fly despite atrocious monsoon weather.
Bomb damage ...
Reel 1: Views from the Penang Hill Railway. The carriage passes a signboard with a (long) list of rules for ...
Reel 1:Air Marshal Coryton, Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon and Group Captain David seen talking on beach airstrip on ...
Recruitment film for the Royal Navy, following the experiences of a new cadet.
A 16 year old boy on ...
The construction of a supply route through Burma's jungles and mountains by US troops under General Joseph Stilwell ...
8 reels. 1. The Tait children with deer.
2. Scenes in Malaya.
3. The Tait boys in the garden in Malaya.
4. Holiday ...
Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, the third Raja (Rajah) of Sarawak (on the island of Borneo) returns ...
Reel 1: At Maymyo (Pyin U Lwin) a quantity of captured Japanese biscuits are distributed to refugees. Shots of biscuits ...
INTEREST. The growing, collection and processing of tea in Ceylon.
No main title. Tea bushes planted out by natives under European ...
START 10:00:00 Opening titles
10:00:18 Scenes on the quayside at Tilbury Docks as soldiers from various regiments and corps in the ...
(Reel 1) B&W - Winter 1939 (?). Kennard in suit by his open-top Ford Tourer, beside camel and Arabs. Playing ...