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Sherman medium tanks of 255th Indian Tank Brigade being used to consolidate 7th Division's bridgehead over the Irrawaddy ...
Scenes of peasant agriculture and Buddhist temple bells near Mandalay, Burma.
Burmese peasant farmers thresh grain using bullocks to ...
At Thanbyuzayat camp in Burma Asian forced labourers receive food, clothing and medical attention from the Civil Affairs ...
The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' (REME) Light Aid Detachment of 8th (Belfast) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery ...
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 ...
I. "S.E.A.C." a. WAAFs arrive (by ship) in India and, as well as starting new duties, do some sightseeing. b. ...
I. [Recent developments in aviation.] a. Sikorsky two-seater training Helicopter, Hoverfly I; commentary explains advantages over the autogiro. b. A ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, accompanied by his wife Edwina, visit areas of Singapore ...
At MacArthur Camp Lord and Lady Mountbatten talk with officers. Mountbatten inspects a guard of honour. He speaks with an ...
Two days of continuous rain reduce the roads to a sea of mud, making driving conditions challenging, around ...
Views of a troopship convoy to Singapore, views of the city, and Allied prisoners liberated from Changi prison ...
RAF Repair Units clear bomb debris from Rangoon, Burma, while transport aircraft fly despite atrocious monsoon weather.
Bomb damage ...
Reel 1: Views from the Penang Hill Railway. The carriage passes a signboard with a (long) list of rules for ...
Reel 1:Air Marshal Coryton, Air Commodore the Earl of Bandon and Group Captain David seen talking on beach airstrip on ...
Reel 1: At Maymyo (Pyin U Lwin) a quantity of captured Japanese biscuits are distributed to refugees. Shots of biscuits ...
RAF Republic Thunderbolt Mk II fighter-bombers are seen operating from an airstrip at Meiktila, central Burma.
Thunderbolt Mk II ...
Admirals Harcourt and Fraser, General Festing and Brigadier Hardy, make a tour of inspection of the Hong Kong ...
Film documenting the training of the Kuantan Police force, 'after three and a half years of enforced idleness ...
After crossing the Irrawaddy River, Burma, troops of the 33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division consolidate the bridgehead ...
Sherman medium tanks of 5th (Probyn's) Horse, 255th Indian Tank Brigade being carried on rafts across the Irrawaddy ...
HMS Roebuck anchors on the Thanzit River (Burma) to disembark troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade into LCIs ...
Film showing troops of 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment off duty in Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) and a visit by General ...
A Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft of the United States Army Air Force arrives at Kallang Airport, Singapore, to ...