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Signallers of 36th Division seen laying telephone wires from a Brigade HQ to a forward battalion in the ...
A sign reads "Tiddim Bye-Pass (sic). Through Traffic". Indian troops with rifles, picks and shovels walk along a jungle-lined road. ...
Troops of the 5th Indian Division pass through Tiddim, Burma, having taken the town, and move on towards ...
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 ...
Scenes of Burmese civilians receiving medical treatment and air evacuation of British casualties from Mohnyin in northern Burma.
At ...
Air Marshal Coryton, Air Officer Commanding Third Tactical Air Force visits RAF 177 Squadron and RAF 211 Squadron ...
Aircraft dropping supplies by parachute and evacuating wounded in support of 7th Indian Division, Fourteenth Army.
Men of Air ...
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, ...
Aerial shots of the damage done to Myitkyina, Burma, by American forces in the area who were shelling the Japanese ...
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 ...
START 10:33:25 Two Ford 98T 3-ton lorries deliver the performers and prefabricated theatre pavilion belonging to the East Africa Command's ...
START 10:16:29 A morning parade for seven African NCOs and 27 Other Ranks wearing white cook's uniform serving with 10th ...
Scenes of a visit by an Indian Maharajah to an RAF field hospital near Imphal.
The Maharajah arrives by ...
Lord Munster, Under-Secretary of State for India, arrives in the Arakan, Burma
Earl of Munster arriving at an RAF ...
A Japanese prisoner of war (POW) is escorted to a POW cage near Imphal by a number of ...
African troops (askaris), probably of the 11th East African Division, are seen training in jungle country in Ceylon ...
A rough road in countryside. A pall of smoke rises and debris lies around a XXXIII Indian Corps ammunition dump. ...
A mortar battery of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, along with tanks and aircraft, supports an attack on ...
The RAF lead a parade in Calcutta (Kolkata) India, mounted to mark the anniversary of the Battle of ...
Aerial and ground footage of operations by RAF Bristol Beaufighter fighter-bombers based at Chiringa, Bengal Province, India (Bangladesh).
Aerial ...
A doctor of the Indian Army Medical Corps administers a blood transfusion in the field to a wounded ...
West African Engineers construct a ferry over the Kalapanzin River in the Arakan region of Burma.
African troops of ...
Men of the Burma Intelligence Corps order civilians from their village of Namma in northern Burma before British ...
Scenes from a refugee camp at Rangiya (Rangyia) in Assam, India.
Burmese civilians, including men, women and children, cross ...
Several types of Japanese artillery, captured during recent fighting at Bishenpur and Ukhrul, are exhibited at the HQ ...
A small airstrip is built at the remote village of Saizang, 8 miles south west of Tiddim, Burma, ...
Reel 1: Film showing flying boat operations and airmen's recreational activities at RAF Koggala in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). RAF Consolidated ...
Men of 14th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division (the Chindits), having been evacuated by air from Burma are seen ...
Officer cadets of the Chinese (Nationalist) Air Force undergo pilot training at the Northern India Flying Club near ...
The men of 5th Infantry Brigade headquarters (2nd Division) enjoy Christmas festivities at Yazagyo, north of Kalemyo in ...
British soldiers of XV Corps celebrate Christmas 1944 on the Teknaf Peninsula on the Indo-Burma border.
A man leaves ...
Reel 1: Pan across a beachhead on the banks of the River Chindwin showing men, mules and a number of ...
Airmen of an RAF motor transport waterproofing unit demonstrate techniques for waterproofing vehicles in preparation for amphibious operations.
Various ...
Scenes from the Army Exhibition in Nairobi in September 1944. The film depicts African and European schoolboys inspecting ...
British soldiers of 77th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division in bush hats board a raft as others on board wait. Two ...
Demonstrating the use of an RAF de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane to evacuate casualties from improvised landing areas ...
Air Marshal Peirse, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, makes a farewell inspection of RAF and Indian Air ...
Shot by Sergeant Hammond: wideshots of the game in progress, shot from the back of a lorry, giving a view ...
Scenes of two football matches on the Indo-Burma border, including England versus Scotland and a local RAF team ...
Indian Air Force 1 Squadron is presented with a Japanese sword in recognition for its service to Fourteenth ...
An edited production by the SEAC Film Unit (British) shows how 'SEAC', the newspaper of South East Asia ...
General Sir George Giffard, commander of 11th Army Group, visits 25th Indian Division during a tour of inspection ...
Officers, including Lieutenant-General Slim, from the South East Asia Command gather for a conference in the jungle near ...