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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, is seen en route to Singapore with General ...
The Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command, Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits officers and men of 3rd Special ...
Main title (2). A fakir (dressed only in loin cloth) helps his two assistants to set up a pattern of ...
INTEREST. Scenes from the Far East.
Crowds of native people at a quayside passing items from hand to hand to load ...
Supported by tanks, Gurkha infantry of 48th Brigade, 17th Indian Division, IV Corps, seen mopping up pockets of ...
Tanks and infantry of 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, supported by aircraft, overcome unexpected Japanese resistance at the ...
Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythology associated with them.
Three holy men sitting on a raised stone platform ...
Travelogue across part of South India with specific interest in the temples of the region. Both the beauty and the ...
Documentary on life in a desert town.
Tanks and men from 255th Armoured Brigade and 17th Indian Division spearhead the advance across the Irrawaddy River ...
As 17th Indian Division (IV Corps) approach Meiktila, Burma, they encounter more evidence of Japanese sabotage to halt ...
The world in the 3rd year of war - a mixture of caution ("Today our world faces its ...