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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

A detachment of No.1 Army Commando lands on Lamma Island, a few miles from Hong Kong Island, to ...

A film depicting the work of the Palestine Police (i.e. British Police) training and going about their work in Palestine. ...

A film depicting the work of the Palestine Police (i.e. British Police) training and going about their work in Palestine. ...

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

Reel 1: Pan across a beachhead on the banks of the River Chindwin showing men, mules and a number of ...

Mules on Mount Olympus. Scottish soldiers eating at Othello's Tower at Famagusta, Cyprus. Soldiers cheering. Local farmers employing traditional farming ...

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

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

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

Airmen of an RAF motor transport waterproofing unit demonstrate techniques for waterproofing vehicles in preparation for amphibious operations.

Various ...

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

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

A saluting base in Kuala ...

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

Civilian procession with banners, crowd and ...

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

Scenes from the Army Exhibition in Nairobi in September 1944. The film depicts African and European schoolboys inspecting ...

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

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

Reel 1: A duck, the regimental mascot of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, is seen wearing a miniature tunic ...

British and Indian Engineers of 54 Workshop Company are seen overhauling Japanese small arms captured after the fall ...

Scenes of entertainment activities onboard the troopship HMT Dilwara.

A tug-of-war; Indian Other Ranks (ORs) versus British Other Ranks. ...

Scenes at an airfield near Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, shortly after its capture from troops of the Japanese 33rd ...

General Leese (Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia) and General Rees (General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Division) ...

HMS Glengyle, an infantry landing ship carrying men of 3 Commando Brigade, makes its way towards Hong Kong.

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Artillery and infantry of 123 Brigade, 5th Indian Division, on the road to Toungoo (Taungoo), Burma, 140 miles ...

Troops of 71st Brigade, 26th Indian Division, XV Corps enter Kyauktan (south west of Rangoon) and recently liberated ...

British soldiers of 77th Brigade, 3rd Indian Division in bush hats board a raft as others on board wait. Two ...

A mobile column of motorised infantry and tanks drives to Ambarawa in Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) to ...

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Singapore, are evacuated by air from Kallang airport.

Group ...

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity in Changi Jail, Singapore, are evacuated by hospital ship.

Walking ...

Freed Allied prisoners of war, released from Japanese captivity at Changi Jail in Singapore, are evacuated by hospital ...

After being cut off by Japanese forces from the rest of the British force northeast of Letmauk, Burma, ...

Demonstrating the use of an RAF de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane to evacuate casualties from improvised landing areas ...

Record footage showing examples of Japanese propaganda circulated in Batavia (Jakarta) during their occupation of the Netherlands East ...

Footage shot with live sound at Changi Jail, Singapore, showing three convicted Japanese war criminals being hanged.

Three shots, ...

At Changi Jail, Singapore, three convicted Japanese war criminals are hanged.

A hooded Japanese prisoner, probably Sergeant-Major Nobuo Iijima ...

At Changi Jail, Singapore, three convicted Japanese war criminals are hanged.

Shot from beneath the gallows in the courtyard ...

Air Marshal Peirse, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, makes a farewell inspection of RAF and Indian Air ...

Footage showing the feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in Rangoon, shortly ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a ceremonial feeding of the poor as part of ...

The operation of a ferry across the Irrawaddy River (Burma) using DUKWs as towing vehicles.

A ferry made up ...

Field Marshal Lord Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Rangoon as part of ...