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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
An optimistic Vichy/German newsreel produced just before Stalingrad and Alamein is used as a basis for ironic British ...
Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha ...
Reel 1 Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilson at Dalla dockyard, Rangoon: shot of the name 'Noel K Adam' above ...
Amateur film showing some of the inland waterway constructions in the Punjab.
TRAVELOGUE. Jaipur is the "Pink City" and the capital of Rajasthan in India. This travelogue shows the State Parade including ...
Amateur film of Indian wildlife. Includes, a black buck; a wild pig being fed; the road to Udaipur; a ram ...
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 ...