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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...
17th Indian Division IV Corps on the road between Nyaungu and Meiktila, Burma.
Sherman tanks of Probyn's Horse (5th ...
Brigadier Taunton, commander of 80th Indian Brigade (20th Indian Division) arrives at a Japanese airfield in Saigon as ...
On Ramree Island off the Arakan coast of Burma, local civilians welcome British troops, who go sightseeing with ...
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, presents British awards to personnel of the United States ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include SURRENDERED U-BOATS NAZIS MARCH OUT OF HOLLAND THEIR MAJESTIES WITH INDIAN PRISONERS ...
Red and white flag of the Indonesian republic flying. Graffiti reads 'Freedom the glory of any nation'. Small pieces of ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Miles Arrindell of the Second Battalion Suffolk Regiment records scenes during the Battle of Imphal, ...
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 ...
Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Glasgow. Canteen scenes.
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 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, ...
British servicemen in India, relaxing in a studio set bar with a piano accompanist, speak directly to camera to send ...
After the capture of the Ava Bridge and the city of Sagaing in Central Burma officers from the ...
An outline of the campaign in Burma from the abortive Japanese 'March on Delhi' offensive of 1944 to ...
Reel 1: Aerial footage; landscapes and cloudscapes. Mountains, possibly the Himalayas. A settlement on a plain. A Chinese city street, ...
INTEREST. The work of a district officer or magistrate in the province of Bengal.
Map of India showing the province of ...
British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall ...
General Leese (Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and General Rees (General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Division) ...
Troops of 71st Brigade, 26th Indian Division, XV Corps enter Kyauktan (south west of Rangoon) and recently liberated ...
A mobile column of motorised infantry and tanks drives to Ambarawa in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) to ...
Amateur travel film.
[From notes supplied by archive donor:]
Farewell to India 1945. Home, Cheam, Brother David's wedding, Nellie, 1952. Christening of ...
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a ceremonial feeding of the poor as part of ...
The operation of a ferry across the Irrawaddy River (Burma) using DUKWs as towing vehicles.
A ferry made up ...
Footage from the Battle of Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) in Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), including mortar and artillery fire, ...
Chinese refugees flee the fighting in Sourabaya (Surabaya/Soerabaja) in eastern Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
On a street in ...
"FIGHTING LEPROSY IN INDIA: THE WORK AT DICHPALI". "ARRIVING AT DICHPALI STATION". Group of men sitting under Dichpali signpost. Crowd ...
RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).
Kangaw, on ...
The distribution of supplies to local Burmese people in Lingadipa, Burma.
The men of 100th Brigade 20th Indian Division ...
Dutch civilians, presumably recently released from Japanese internment, play airmen of RAF Batavia at football.
Footage of the game ...
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.
View looking ...
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.