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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.   

 
 
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OPERATIONS FOR CAPTURE OF MANDALAY - TANKS AND TROOPS... (1945)

British tanks and troops move forward to capture a Japanese position just north of Mandalay, Burma.

19th Indian Division ...

 

PARACHUTE TRAINING FOR INDIAN AND GURKHA TROOPS - Part... (1945)

 

PATRICIA BURKE PERFORMS FOR BRITISH TROOPS AT AKYAB... (1945)

Stage and film star Patricia Burke gives an impromptu show to British troops while she is the guest ...

 

POLITICAL POSTERS AND SLOGANS IN BATAVIA (21/10/1945) (1945)

Film showing a number of slogans, posters and graffiti during rising political unrest in Batavia, Dutch East Indies ...

 

POLITICAL UNREST IN BANDOENG (27/10/1945) (1945)

Footage depicting the unsettled political climate in Bandoeng (Bandung) in central Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).

Slow pan left-to-right ...

 

PREPARING GROUND FOR WHARF AND SUPPLY DUMP ON RAMREE... (1945)

A few miles from Kyaukpyu on Ramree Island, Burma, the men of 123rd Mechanical Equipment Corps and 702nd ...

 

RAF 27 SQUADRON BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER OPERATIONS AT CHIRINGA... (1945)

Scenes of Bristol Beaufighter Mk X's of RAF 27 Squadron operating from Chiringa airfield, India.

View of runway with ...

 

RAF POLLING DAY IN SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND (7/1945) (1945)

Ballot papers are delivered by air to Calcutta, India, for distribution to RAF bases before the 1945 General ...

 

RAISING THE FLAG IN FORT DUFFERIN (21/3/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops ...

 

RAMP CARGO LIGHTER ON THE RIVER YU (13/11/1945) (1945)

An experimental Type B Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) is assembled and launched, with some difficulty, on the River ...

 

RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY,... (1945)

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...

 

RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY,... (1945)

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...

 

RECREATION BEFORE REPATRIATION AT BOMBAY (19/10/1945) (1945)

Airmen enjoy some time on leave in Bombay (Mumbai), India, while awaiting embarkation for return to the United ...

 

REOCCUPATION OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS (7/10/1945) (1945) enhanced entry

Shot on 7 October 1945: footage from a landing craft approaching the shore showing two Landing Craft Assaults (LCAs) and ...

 

REPORT FROM BURMA (1945) enhanced entry

An interim report on the progress of the Fourteenth Army offensive in Burma.

Description of the logistic problems of ...

 

REPRISALS FOR THE DAKOTA ATROCITY AT BEKASSI, DUTCH... (1945)

After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian extremists, the village of Bekassi ...

 

RIVER AND RAIN DELAYS IV CORPS' RANGOON DRIVE (24/4/1945) (1945)

After a sharp rain shower washes away a temporary diversion on the Sittang River south of Toungoo, Burma, ...

 

ROAD LINES OF COMMUNICATION FORWARD FROM DIMAPUR INTO... (1945)

Reel 1: A goods train drives towards camera with its drivers or stokers leaning out from the footplate. A sign ...

 

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE LIFE IN INDIA (1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Men playing cricket; they are all wearing cricket whites. An Indian marching band performing. Various close-ups on different ...

 

SAPPERS AND MINERS CLEAR KANDAUNG OF MINES (4/4/1945) (1945)

Indian Engineers of 17th Indian Division clear Japanese mines from the village of Kandaung prior to IV Corps' ...

 

SCENES FROM THE REOCCUPATION OF SINGAPORE (6/9/1945) (1945)

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Abbott: Pan around Kranji POW camp showing huts amongst trees, men walking about and others ...

 

SEA REPATRIATION FROM BOMBAY TO SOUTHAMPTON ABOARD... (1945)

Reel 1: Men laden with kit board the Otranto at Bombay harbour. Female personnel of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ...

 

SERVICEMEN GO RIDING IN DARJEELING (1/10/1945) (1945)

British servicemen go riding in Darjeeling, Bengal Province, India.

A mountain range shrouded with cloud. Five British servicemen ride ...

 

SIR OLIVER LEESE VISITS RANGOON (17/6/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), visits a variety of locations in ...