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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Following closely behind the advancing British troops in Burma the Madras Sappers and Miners build an airstrip at ...
RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft deliver supplies 'over the Hump' of the Himalayas from Dum Dum, India to ...
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the pre-war Governor of Burma, returns to Government House, Rangoon, after years of government-in-exile.
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Gurkha infantry of 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles, 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen entering the town of ...
Bombay, the Gateway to India, Bombay Yachting Club, crowded street with street markets, Perth + Freemantel city scenes with the ...
The Maharajah of Manipur's official dancers perform for airmen of the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air ...
Two former prisoners of war, one British and one Indian, receive medical treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, ...
Local Chinese civilians take part in an identity parade in order to identify Japanese troops suspected of war ...
Scenes of the life of a farmer and his family in Maharashtra during the changing seasons of the year.
Amateur film of the residency at Mhow, India, and Freya Stark. stark is received by the Acting Resident Major W ...
Amateur film taken by the political agent in Quetta while on tour. Film taken by the Political Officer Mr barlow ...
Documentary: Film shows examples of different aspects of India, religion, peasan ts and sophisticated society.