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British newsreel covering the British retreat through Burma, an exclusive report by British Paramount cameraman Maurice Ford.
Opening titles ...
Allied prisoners of war (POWs), recently liberated from Japanese captivity at Rangoon jail, are seen boarding a ship ...
Red and white flag of the Indonesian republic flying. Graffiti reads 'Freedom the glory of any nation'. Small pieces of ...
A football match is played at King's Park, Kowloon, between a team from No. 44 Commando Royal Marines ...
DRAMA. The story of three generations of a family who sacrificed much to build a road in India, and of ...
Hong Kong and port seen through the eyes of a typical New Yorker.
West African Engineers construct a ferry over the Kalapanzin River in the Arakan region of Burma.
African troops of ...
AMATEUR. Film of Burma.
Dam. Street scenes - Arab costumes possibly Sudan. Coronation Coach in Britain - Jubilee procession for George ...
Life and movement in Burma are shown in a series of scenes.
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Miles Arrindell of the Second Battalion Suffolk Regiment records scenes during the Battle of Imphal, ...
AMATEUR. Film of Burma and of Jubilee celebrations in London.
St. James' Palace, Jubilee procession for George V. Burma material.
Note: Production ...
Hero Tracks down the traitor betraying convoy movements to the enemy.
Men of the Burma Intelligence Corps order civilians from their village of Namma in northern Burma before British ...
The visit of Queen Elizabeth, consort to George VI, to the Burma Pvailion at the opening of the Empire Exhibition ...
Film about the Allied victory in Burma.
Introduction briefly outlines the geography and climate of Burma, and the extent ...
Titles (2). Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon (50). Boats on Irrawaddy River and (98) market on river bank (106). Mountain and ...
After the retreating Japanese abandon a trainload of foodstuffs in the face of the advancing 5th Indian Division ...
Amateur film showing some aspects of life in pre-Second World War Burma. Inter-titles introduce most scenes.
Rangoon. The Shwe ...
Scenes from a refugee camp at Rangiya (Rangyia) in Assam, India.
Burmese civilians, including men, women and children, cross ...
Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, commander of 14th Army, is honoured with performances of traditional Burmese entertainments at Monywa, ...
Scenes of Burmese civilian life in a large village in the Arakan region of Burma, five miles from ...
After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian nationalists, the village of Bekassi (Bekasi) ...
In Surabaya a large pall of smoke hangs over a burning kampong or village. Two Chinese civilians approach carrying their ...
The friends of a murdered man go out into the hotels and bazaars of Calcutta to find the murderer.
MEDICAL. Scenes in the Kala-Azar [visceral leishmaniasis, dum-dum fever, tropical splenomegaly, or sirkari disease] endemic area in Bengal. Living conditions ...
The King-Emperor's horse race at Calcutta, India.
Government of India Censor Certificate (6). Main title (10). "The King Emperor's Cup Race ...
Short documentary, with a recruiting aim, showing the work of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
"The Space Age ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Glasgow. Canteen scenes.
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Southampton area. ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area.
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Naval personnel in India (including WRNS) to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area (including Bolton). External scenes.
Messages home from British Army personnel (with Black African Labour corps) in India to their loved ones in the Manchester, ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes on the ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in Mandalay, Burma to their loved ones in the Worcester area. External scenes (evidence ...
Messages home from British RAF and Naval personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes ...
Messages home from British Forces stationed in Malaya
Messages home from British Forces stationed in India
Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Norwich area. Canteen scenes.