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AIR AND ARTILLERY STRIKE ON JAPANESE POSITIONS (28/3/1945) (1945)

Artillery and air strikes are used to assist an attack by 17th Indian Division on Japanese held positions ...

 

AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK AND AIR COMMODORE... (1945)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command and Air Commodore the ...

 

AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK VISITS HONG KONG (26/10/1945) (1945)

Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong.

A bare-metal RAF ...

 

AIR MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK, ALLIED AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,... (1945)

The new Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, arrives with his ...

 

AIR REPATRIATION OF TROOPS FROM RAF MAURIPUR VIA PALESTINE... (1945)

Reel 1: A parked RAF Short Stirling transport aircraft with a white-painted Consolidated Liberator behind it. General view of the ...

 

AIR ROAD TO MANDALAY - RAF LIBERATORS OF STRATEGIC... (1945)

Scenes of RAF Liberator heavy bomber operations over Burma.

RAF Consolidated Liberator heavy bombers of RAF 159 Squadron at ...

 

AIRBORNE INVASION OF RANGOON BY 50TH PARACHUTE BRIGADE... (1945)

Gurkha paratroopers seen gearing up and boarding their aircraft before parachuting into action near Rangoon, Burma, as part ...

 

AIRSTRIKE AND ARTILLERY ON JAPANESE POSITIONS (28/3/1945) (1945)

A coordinated attack takes place on Japanese positions along the Pindale to Mahlaing road north of Meiktila. Burma, ...

 

AIRSTRIKES NEAR THE RANGOON ROAD (16/4/1945) (1945)

United States Army Air Force medium bombers attack pockets of Japanese resistance after the capture of Yamethin, Burma.

North ...

 

ALLIED INVESTITURE AT HEADQUARTERS SOUTH EAST ASIA... (1945)

Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while ...

 

ALLIED INVESTITURE AT HEADQUARTERS SOUTH EAST ASIA... (1945)

Lieutenant-General Raymond Wheeler US Army, is invested as an honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE), while ...

 

ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR AT KALLANG (10/9/1945) (1945)

Allied prisoners of war, liberated from Japanese captivity, are seen at Kallang airfield, Singapore.

Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de ...

 

ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (15/6/1945) (1945)

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather, in the Burmese capital Rangoon, 15 June 1945.

Views ...

 

ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (15/6/1945) (1945)

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June ...

 

ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (15/6/1945) (1945)

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma on 15 June ...

 

ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (15/6/1945) (1945)

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma on 15 June ...

 

ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (15/6/1945) (1945)

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June ...

 

ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (15/6/1945) (1945)

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June ...

 

ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON (15/6/1945) (1945)

Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June ...

 

ALLIED VICTORY PARADE IN RANGOON - SENIOR OFFICERS'... (1945)

Close-ups of senior Allied officers, shot for editing purposes, during an Allied victory parade in Rangoon, Burma.

Series of ...

 

AMBONESE ROADBLOCK, RELEASE OF DUTCH INTERNEES AND... (1945)

Part 1: On the main thoroughfare in Batavia Ambonese troops have established a roadblock and stopped a passing car. The ...

 

AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT OF THE RAF AIR SEA RESCUE SERVICE... (1945)

Scenes of Supermarine Sea Otter amphibious biplanes in flight and the burning wreckage of a Sea Otter shot ...

 

AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT RANGOON BY 26TH INDIAN DIVISION (1945)

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen aboard HMS Prins Albert before making an amphibious landing ...

 

AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT RANGOON BY 26TH INDIAN DIVISION... (1945)

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the ...

 

AMPHIBIOUS LANDING AT RANGOON BY 26TH INDIAN DIVISION... (1945)

Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the ...

 

AMPUTATION IN THE FIELD BY NO.6 MOBILE SURGICAL UNIT... (1945)

A Gurkha of the 3rd Battalion 2nd Gurkha Rifles has a leg amputated in a field hospital at ...

 

AN RAF WING ON THE MOVE IN BURMA (30/4/1945) (1945)

Part of an RAF Wing and an RAF Regiment Squadron moves across some difficult terrain to a new ...

 

ANGLO-FRENCH ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY IN SAIGON (11/11/1945) (1945)

In Saigon, capital of French Indo-China (Vietnam), British, Indian and French troops mark the first Armistice Day since ...

 

ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY IN SINGAPORE (1945)

In Singapore an Armistice Day parade is held for the first time since the end of the Japanese ...

 

ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY IN SINGAPORE (1945)

In Singapore an Armistice Day parade is held for the first time since the end of the Japanese ...

 

ARMISTICE DAY CEREMONY SINGAPORE (11/11/1945) (1945)

Scenes from a commemorative parade and wreath laying at the Cenotaph in Singapore on Armistice Day, 1945.

Troops on ...

 

ARMY TRANSFUSION UNIT AT WORK AT SINTHE (25/2/1945) (1945)

32nd Army (Blood) Transfusion Unit work at a forward airfield to save the lives of soldiers from IV ...

 

ARRIVAL OF FRENCH TROOPS AND GENERAL LECLERC IN SAIGON... (1945)

French troops under General Leclerc arrive in Saigon to take over military responsibility for Indo-China from 20th Indian ...

 

ARRIVAL OF RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR AT CALCUTTA (19/5/1945) (1945)

British, American, Indian and Chinese personnel released from Japanese captivity in Rangoon arrive by hospital ship in Calcutta.

A ...

 

ARTILLERY SUPPORT - 20TH DIVISION BEACHHEAD 5.5 INCH... (1945)

A battery of the 1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action as support for the beachhead operations of ...

 

ARTILLERY SUPPORT FOR 20TH DIVISION, 100TH BRIGADE... (1945)

1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action near Myinmu, Burma.

An artillery piece is loaded and fired on Japanese ...

 

ATTACK ON FORT DUFFERIN (23/3/1945) (1945)

Concerted attacks by the RAF and British Army on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma are seen both from the ...

 

ATTACK ON PYAWBWE BY 17TH INDIAN DIVISION (11/4/1945) (1945)

Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and ...

 

AUSTER PILOTS PRACTICE CARRIER LANDINGS ON RAMREE ISLAND... (1945)

Pilots of an Artillery Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron, attached to 26th Indian Division, practice landing in confined ...

 

AXELROD NEWSREEL STORIES H (1945)

(216A) April 1940: (item continued from MGH 1438). Trench digging instruction; training in use of rifle. Pay parade. Scenes in ...

 

BAILEY BRIDGE OVER THE PEGU CANAL AND SHERMANS IN ACTION... (1945)

Wide shot showing a very large structure built of Bailey bridging sections. Men of the Madras Sappers and Miners heaving ...

 

BATTLE OF RANGOON - LOW-LEVEL HEAVY BOMBING BY RAF... (1945)

RAF Liberators bomb defences in support of amphibious landings against Rangoon, Burma.

Aerial footage of Spitfires in the distance. ...

 

BENGAL'S GOVERNOR IN MANDALAY (18/3/1945) (1945)

His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, ...

 

BLOOD TRANSFUSION TO WEST AFRICAN TROOPS ON RAMREE... (1945)

At 30 West African Field Dressing Station at Kyaukpyu, volunteers from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines give ...

 

BLOWING SPAN OF THE PEGU BRIDGE (3/8/1945) (1945)

The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...

 

BLOWING SPAN OF THE PEGU BRIDGE (3/8/1945) (1945)

The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...

 

BOFORS GUNNERS PRACTISE LOADING AND UNLOADING FROM... (1945)

Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded ...

 

BOMB AND SHELL DAMAGE IN MANDALAY (23/3/1945) (1945)

Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.

General ...