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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the ...
Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.
An officer seen using a loud hailer. A ...
I. "LORD WAVELL BROADCASTS PLAN TO SOLVE THE INDIAN POLITICAL DEADLOCK". The Viceroy puts forward the proposal for the formation ...
I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, ...
I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...
Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and ...
Hindu troops of 1st Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment, stationed in Saigon (French Indo-China, now Vietnam) celebrate the festival ...
Reel 1: A Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) being launched. A man paints an identity number (N-226) onto a Higgins barge ...
Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha ...
Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed ...
With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of ...
Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to ...
Crowd watching from rails at the Royal Turf Club in Bangkok; camera pans to follow the horses. Rear quarter close-up ...
Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by British troops of 19th Indian Division ...
Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a ...
With the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, interned Japanese troops are put to work on manual labour ...
162 members of the Kempeitai, the Japanese secret police, are jailed at Taiping in Perak, Malaya.
Column of Japanese ...
At the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, the commander of Japanese 29th Army (Lieutenant-General Ishiguro) surrenders to ...
At Bangkok jail suspected Japanese war criminals are paraded in front of ex-prisoners of war and internees in ...
After disturbances between the Vietnamese and French population of Saigon, French Indo-China (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) a ...
Air Chief Commandant Lady R M E Welsh, Director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ('the WAAFs') visits ...
Part 1, shot by Sergeant Hewit: View looking down on a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)) with Indian troops aboard. ...
Part 1, shot by Sergeant Sanders: View from a landing craft with the Singapore skyline on the horizon and Landing ...
Men of 5th Maratha (Mahratta) Regiment reinforce landing sites around Setkhaw, Burma, which were taken during the night ...
Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river ...
Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of ...
While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on ...
Wide shot showing Lieutenant-General Roberts' staff car arriving outside the Suleiman Building in Kuala Lumpur. He meets the officer commanding. ...
The commander of 14th Army, Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, launches two warships on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, ...
Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior ...
Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in ...
Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment march along a rough road past traditional huts in the suburbs ...
Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment move through ruined streets in Mandalay, Burma, whilst mortar batteries concentrate ...
British troops of 19th Indian Division begin to fight their way into the northern part of the city ...
The final assault on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, from the air takes place and British troops of 19th ...
After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division have cleared the Japanese from positions at the top of Monastery Hill, Burma, ...
Airstrikes by RAF Hurribombers (Hurricane fighter-bombers) on Fort Dufferin and troops of 6th Gurkha Rifles marching towards Mandalay, ...
Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite ...
Mortars are fired to cover the activities of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles who are clearing the south west corner ...
British troops from 19th Indian Division advance into the north of Mandalay, Burma, and aid the attack on ...
Operations by RAF De Havilland Mosquito aircraft at Joari airfield, east of Cox's Bazaar, India, and paratroopers descending ...
Shot on 16 September 1945: three Japanese representatives of the Ipoh garrison pass camera. Interior footage; the Japanese officers meet ...
British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade proceed from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma up the Thanzit River.
Indian ...
Variety of scenes of an advance by 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, near Mount Popa (approximately 40 miles ...
After nationalist disturbances close the roads to Saigon, capital of French Indo-China, a convoy named 'Operation Saltmeat' is ...
Troops of 25th Indian Division make an amphibious landing on the coast of Malaya at Morib as part ...
With the surrender of Japan, troops of 23rd Indian Division mount an amphibious landing near Port Dickson on ...