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ARTILLERY SUPPORT - 20TH DIVISION BEACHHEAD 5.5 INCH... (1945)

A battery of the 1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action as support for the beachhead operations of ...

 

ARTILLERY SUPPORT FOR 20TH DIVISION, 100TH BRIGADE... (1945)

1st Medium Regiment Royal Artillery in action near Myinmu, Burma.

An artillery piece is loaded and fired on Japanese ...

 

ATTACK ON FORT DUFFERIN (23/3/1945) (1945)

Concerted attacks by the RAF and British Army on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma are seen both from the ...

 

ATTACK ON PYAWBWE BY 17TH INDIAN DIVISION (11/4/1945) (1945)

Troops of 17th Indian Division seen attacking the village of Pyawbwe, on the road to Rangoon, Burma, and ...

 

AUSTER PILOTS PRACTICE CARRIER LANDINGS ON RAMREE ISLAND... (1945)

Pilots of an Artillery Air Observation Post (AOP) Squadron, attached to 26th Indian Division, practice landing in confined ...

 

BAILEY BRIDGE OVER THE PEGU CANAL AND SHERMANS IN ACTION... (1945)

Wide shot showing a very large structure built of Bailey bridging sections. Men of the Madras Sappers and Miners heaving ...

 

BATTLE OF RANGOON - LOW-LEVEL HEAVY BOMBING BY RAF... (1945)

RAF Liberators bomb defences in support of amphibious landings against Rangoon, Burma.

Aerial footage of Spitfires in the distance. ...

 

BENGAL'S GOVERNOR IN MANDALAY (18/3/1945) (1945)

His Excellency the Governor-General of Bengal, Mr Richard Gardiner Casey and Lieutenant-General W J ("Bill") Slim visit Mandalay, ...

 

BLOOD TRANSFUSION TO WEST AFRICAN TROOPS ON RAMREE... (1945)

At 30 West African Field Dressing Station at Kyaukpyu, volunteers from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines give ...

 

BLOWING SPAN OF THE PEGU BRIDGE (3/8/1945) (1945)

The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...

 

BLOWING SPAN OF THE PEGU BRIDGE (3/8/1945) (1945)

The single remaining span of the Pegu Bridge, originally blown by the British in 1942, is demolished by ...

 

BOFORS GUNNERS PRACTISE LOADING AND UNLOADING FROM... (1945)

Gunners of 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, equipped with QF 40mm (Bofors) guns, practice loading and unloaded ...

 

BOMB AND SHELL DAMAGE IN MANDALAY (23/3/1945) (1945)

Mandalay, Burma, has been left devastated by the bombing and shelling of the British forces attacking the Japanese.

General ...

 

BREN GUN CARRIERS ON THE ROAD TO MEIKTILA (27/2/1945) (1945)

17th Indian Division IV Corps on the road between Nyaungu and Meiktila, Burma.

Sherman tanks of Probyn's Horse (5th ...

 

BRIDGEHEAD OPERATIONS ON IRRAWADDY (28/2/1945) (1945)

Troops and armour are carried across the Irrawaddy River, Burma, at Myinze by a mixture of DUKWs and ...

 

BRIGADIER TAUNTON ARRIVES AT JAPANESE AERODROME AT... (1945)

Brigadier Taunton, commander of 80th Indian Brigade (20th Indian Division) arrives at a Japanese airfield in Saigon as ...

 

BRIGADIER'S CONFERENCE BEFORE 7TH DIVISION'S IRRAWADDY... (1945)

Brigadier R G Collingwood, commander of 33rd Brigade (7th Indian Division) holds a conference of officers on the ...

 

BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR LEAVE RANGOON (4/5/1945) (1945)

Allied prisoners of war (POWs), recently liberated from Japanese captivity at Rangoon jail, are seen boarding a ship ...

 

BRITISH TROOPS ARRIVE IN BATAVIA (30/9/1945) (1945)

Red and white flag of the Indonesian republic flying. Graffiti reads 'Freedom the glory of any nation'. Small pieces of ...

 

BRITISH VERSUS CHINESE FOOTBALL MATCH IN KOWLOON (2/11/1945) (1945)

A football match is played at King's Park, Kowloon, between a team from No. 44 Commando Royal Marines ...

 

BUILDING A STRATEGIC RAF JUNGLE AIRFIELD ON THE COCOS... (1945)

Reel 1: A small motor launch draws alongside a troopship. A Major climbs a staircase up to the deck followed ...

 

BURMA VICTORY (1945) enhanced entry

Film about the Allied victory in Burma.

Introduction briefly outlines the geography and climate of Burma, and the extent ...

 

BURMESE GET JAPANESE FOOD SUPPLIES (26/4/1945) (1945)

After the retreating Japanese abandon a trainload of foodstuffs in the face of the advancing 5th Indian Division ...

 

BURMESE VILLAGE LIFE AROUND TAUNGUP (10/4/1945) (1945)

Scenes of Burmese civilian life in a large village in the Arakan region of Burma, five miles from ...

 

BURNING DOWN THE TOWN OF BEKASSI AS A PUNITIVE MEASURE... (1945)

After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian nationalists, the village of Bekassi (Bekasi) ...

 

BURNING VILLAGES AND TANK SORTIE IN SURABAYA (27/11/1945) (1945)

In Surabaya a large pall of smoke hangs over a burning kampong or village. Two Chinese civilians approach carrying their ...

 

CANADIANS DELIVER RICE TO ISOLATED BURMESE (5/9/1945) (1945)

Assembled film story detailing efforts of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) 435 Squadron to provide rice to isolated ...

 

CANADIANS DROP RICE TO ISOLATED BURMESE (27/7/1945) (1945)

Canadian airmen of RCAF 435 Squadon deliver rice to Burmese civilians via the Civil Affairs Service (CAS).

A Royal ...

 

CANADIANS DROP RICE TO ISOLATED BURMESE (7/1945) (1945)

Canadian airmen of RCAF 435 Squadron deliver rice to Burmese civilians via the Civil Affairs Service (CAS).

A Royal ...

 

CAPTURE OF HILL 676 WITH AID OF TANKS (14/3/1945) (1945)

Hill feature 676 near Taungtha, north-west of Meiktila, Burma, dominates the road to Meiktila and the Japanese are ...

 

CAPTURE OF SAGAING AND AVA BRIDGE (18/3/1945) (1945)

After the capture of the Ava Bridge and the city of Sagaing in Central Burma officers from the ...

 

CAPTURED JAPANESE MACHINE GUN (RECORDS) (17/1/1945) (1945)

A captured Japanese machine gun is evaluated by British troops for record purposes at Pauktabin, Burma.

A Japanese Type ...

 

CEREMONY OF RAISING THE FLAG AT FORT DUFFERIN (21/3/1945) (1945)

After victory over the Japanese in the battle for Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma Lieutenant-General W J Slim takes ...

 

CIVIL AFFAIRS SERVICE (BURMA) - MEDICAL TREATMENT... (1945)

Some of the civilian population of Mandalay, Burma, are treated for malnutrition, disease and shrapnel and bullet wounds ...

 

CIVIL AFFAIRS SERVICE (BURMA) ACTIVITIES IN AKYAB (31/3/1945) (1945)

After driving the Japanese out of the Akyab area of Burma the British-run Civil Affairs unit moves in ...

 

CIVIL AFFAIRS SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN MANDALAY (2/5/1945) (1945)

Film showing various activities of the Civil Affairs Service (Burma) in Mandalay, including collecting weapons, issuing rations and ...

 

CIVILIANS INTERNED AT TAVOY ARRIVE AT MINGALADON AIRFIELD... (1945)

Civilian internees, freed from Japanese captivity at Tavoy (now Dawei) in Lower Burma, arrive by air at Mingaladon ...

 

COMMANDO FLIGHT: RAF OPERATIONS IN BURMA (18/3/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: Close-up of hands sorting aerial reconnaissance photographs. A man descends a ladder from a tall airfield control tower ...

 

CROSSING A BAILEY BRIDGE AT TOUNGOO ON THE ROAD TO... (1945)

Motor transport of IV Corps crosses a Bailey bridge near Toungoo (Taungoo) during the Allied drive on Rangoon, ...

 

DEAD JAPANESE AT MEIKTILA (23/3/1945) (1945)

Detailed views of many dead Japanese soldiers, following their unsuccessful attack on British Army positions around Meiktila, central ...

 

DECEPTION OPERATIONS DURING A LULL BETWEEN BATTLES... (1945)

Men of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, effect a deception operation prior to 2nd Division's crossing ...

 

DELIVERY OF AMMUNITION BY WATER TO UNITS ON THE PEGU... (1945)

Watercraft are used to deliver mortar rounds to infantry of 4th Battalion, 1st Gurkha Rifles (33rd Brigade, 7th ...

 

DEPRIVATION AT KUANTAN HOSPITAL IN PAHANG, MALAYA (5/10/1945) (1945)

A young girl suffering from yaws, a tropical bacterial infection, also known as polypapilloma tropicum. Close-up of the girl. A ...

 

DISBANDMENT OF THE MALAYAN PEOPLE'S ANTI-JAPANESE ARMY (1945)

With the surrender of Japan, the guerilla Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) is disbanded.

A saluting base in Kuala ...

 

DISBANDMENT OF THE MALAYAN PEOPLE'S ANTI-JAPANESE ARMY... (1945)

With the surrender of Japan, the Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA) is disbanded.

Civilian procession with banners, crowd and ...

 

DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE VISITS 82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION... (1945)

Whilst visiting XV Indian Corps area in Arakan (Burma) the Duke of Devonshire pays a visit to the ...

 

EAST AFRICAN CHIEFS IN COLOMBO (16/6/1945) (1945)

Sixteen African chiefs, the heads of tribes represented in 11th East African Division fighting in Burma, are received ...

 

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS AT KYAUKPYU ON RAMREE ISLAND... (1945)

British troops of 4th Indian Infantry Brigade under the command of Brigadier Forman leave Kyaukpyu (Burma) on the ...