The first trials of Japanese war criminals at Singapore get underway.

General view of the courtroom with the accused ...

At Toungoo, Burma, Douglas Dakota transport aircraft of RAF 62 Squadron are loaded with sacks of rice for ...

Recruiting film for British volunteers for the Palestine Police illustrates the special nature of police duties in the ...

Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is ...

Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is ...

Indian troops of 9th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment arrive at Kuching, capital of Sarawak, after a complex transshipping ...

Sir Charles Vyner de Windt Brooke, the third Raja (Rajah) of Sarawak (on the island of Borneo) returns ...

Off-duty RAF ground crew from a nearby forward airstrip spend a few hours visiting the ancient Burmese capital ...

Shot on 23 October 1945: view of Rempang Island from the sea. View of the Japanese naval HQ ship, the ...

'T for Tommy', a Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron tasked with delivering rice to Kuantan ...

Film showing a battery of Priest 105mm self-propelled (SP) guns in action at Payagale, and Allied prisoners of ...

Confronted by a blown bridge on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma, tanks and motor vehicles of ...

A battery of Ordnance SB 4.2-inch mortars firing. At Hlegu chaung (river or watercourse) vehicles are hauled up the riverbank. ...

Just days after the capture of Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), central Burma, the town is used as ...

20th Indian Division formed a bridgehead over the River Irrawaddy, crossing at Myinmu, Burma, on the night of ...

Reel 1: RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers overhead. Lee medium tanks driving along a dusty road. A Lee passes with infantry ...

The reinforcement of beachheads after a night attack across the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

Mortars explode and boats are used ...

At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a ...

Gunners of the Royal Artillery take up position by the village of Pinkan, Burma, and prepare to shell ...

Crew of an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun prepare emplacements in Kota, Northern Burma.

The guns of the 156th ...

25-pounder field guns of 18th Indian Field Battery, 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, are seen shelling the ...

After stiff fighting for Myitson, 26th Brigade push through ruins towards Mongmit, Northern Burma.

Troops of the 2nd Battalion ...

Preparations for an attack by British troops on Myitson, North Burma.

Unloading and use of pontoon boats to cross ...

Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.

Troops ...