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In 1947, British India was dissolved into two independent states, India and Pakistan.
Shot on 23 October 1945: view of Rempang Island from the sea. View of the Japanese naval HQ ship, the ...
Reel 1: Shot from Sunderland of repairs to float and refuelling from DUKW amphibious truck. Airmen hanging washing out on ...
Confronted by a blown bridge on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma, tanks and motor vehicles of ...
Amateur film shot by Captain Paddy O'Neill of the Indian Medical Service, Indian Army, while attached to the Federated Malay ...
Reel 1: RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers overhead. Lee medium tanks driving along a dusty road. A Lee passes with infantry ...
At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a ...
25-pounder field guns of 18th Indian Field Battery, 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, are seen shelling the ...
Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.
Troops ...
The sports parade of the 2nd and 10th Gurkha Rifles regiment and scenes of animal sacrifice at Shillong, Assam.
Reel 1: "Shall Mills, TPT and Camp". Camel and mule transport. Ambulance truck. Two British officers in solar topees.
Reel 2: ...
Amateur film without titles shot by Bandsman Mr T A Link of 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment records soldiers ...
A 2nd Division mobile concert party sets up in Manipur, India, before staging a show for troops of ...
A jeep railway is operated by men of 36th Division near Sahmaw in northern Burma.
A jeep, fitted with ...
Lord Chelmsford presenting colours to the 5th Calcutta battalion.
A sign reads "Tiddim Bye-Pass (sic). Through Traffic". Indian troops with rifles, picks and shovels walk along a jungle-lined road. ...
British soldiers and supplies wait on a rough road. A jeep and trailer come along the road; there is a ...
Indian Engineers of 5th Indian Division operate a cable ferry across the Manipur River, India, which is then ...
As tanks and infantry of 5th Indian Division advance towards Tiddim, Burma, Indian Engineers bridge the Beltang Lui ...
7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide ...
Amateur film of the 7th Gurkha Rifles on the Kojak Pass and Afghan Frontier near Chaman, officers and wives competing ...
Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military ...
Life in the Indian Army Unit shown is possibly the 15th Punjab Regiment).
The day begins with reveill and ...
Air-to-ground shots of Coral Sea and Owen Stanley mountain range, as aircraft flies from Brisbane to Ward's airstrip at Port ...
Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as ...
ACTUALITY. A British official opens the Agriculture and Health Exhibition in Bengal, 1933. The opening ceremony and crowds.
Bengali titles (6). ...
Amateur film of the construction of a road in Assam from Ledo to Assam by the Indian Tea Association.
Pan over ...
Air Marshal Coryton, Air Officer Commanding Third Tactical Air Force visits RAF 177 Squadron and RAF 211 Squadron ...
The new Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command, Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, arrives with his ...
Reel 1: A parked RAF Short Stirling transport aircraft with a white-painted Consolidated Liberator behind it. General view of the ...
Footage of various Allied transport aircraft taking off after being loaded with weaponry and mules for resupply operations.
Aircraft ...
Men of 23rd Brigade shown reoccupying the village of Ukhrul in Manipur, India and being resupplied with food ...
Patients board a Handley Page Halifax aircraft for repatriation to the UK at Alipore airfield, Calcutta.
An RAF Avro ...
Documentary scenes showing the process of airfield construction in forward areas.
Various stages in the construction of an airfield, ...
United States Army Air Force medium bombers attack pockets of Japanese resistance after the capture of Yamethin, Burma.
North ...
AMATEUR. Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.
Camel race and general views of people and ...
AMATEUR. Local dances from the Daffla region of India and local men performing spectacular tricks on tight-ropes.
Men dancing and acting ...
A survey of the strategic situation of the British Empire in the Far East in the face of ...
Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma, on 15 June ...
Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather, in the Burmese capital Rangoon, 15 June 1945.
Views ...
Scenes of an Allied victory parade, mounted in monsoon weather in Rangoon, capital of Burma on 15 June ...
Amateur film of the Regal Cinema staff in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, recreating in the garden behind the cinema their ...
Part 1: On the main thoroughfare in Batavia Ambonese troops have established a roadblock and stopped a passing car. The ...
At a jetty men carry belts of ammunition. The belts are passed below decks. The harbour as the boat leaves. ...
A Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron and DUKW amphibians are used to evacuate casualties of ...
Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen aboard HMS Prins Albert before making an amphibious landing ...
Troops of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen making an amphibious landing on the banks of the ...