During the night Royal Artillery troops landed on a small island near Ru-Ywa, Burma, and manhandled their 5.5 ...

Gurkha infantry of 1st Battalion 10th Gurkha Rifles, 63rd Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen entering the town of ...

RAF 42 Squadron are briefed before a sortie from Onbauk forward airstrip, near Shwebo, Burma.

Taxiing RAF Hawker Hurricane ...

The Maharajah of Manipur's official dancers perform for airmen of the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air ...

Victory parade and celebrations in Hong Kong after the surrender of Japanese forces and its liberation by British ...

Party of Japanese medical orderlies wearing gauze face masks. Two Japanese with notebooks; one of them is making notes. Medics ...

Two former prisoners of war, one British and one Indian, receive medical treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, ...

RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers conduct an exercise in close air support near Meiktila, central Burma.

A plume of dust ...

Local Chinese civilians take part in an identity parade in order to identify Japanese troops suspected of war ...

In the ruins of factories on Akyab Island (Sittwe), Burma, enough material and equipment was found by the ...

Film showing vehicle maintenance activities at a field workshop in Burma.

An officer seen using a loud hailer. A ...

Indian Sappers and Miners of 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, seen at work with shovels, picks and ...

Hindu troops of 1st Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment, stationed in Saigon (French Indo-China, now Vietnam) celebrate the festival ...

Indian troops, many of whom had been overseas for several years serving in Africa and the Mediterranean, are ...

Scenes of Inland Water Transport operations on the River Irrawaddy in Burma.

A number of local rafts on the ...

Reel 1: A Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) being launched. A man paints an identity number (N-226) onto a Higgins barge ...

Troops of 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment, 4th Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment and the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha ...

Reel 1: (Diego Garcia) Aerial view of a ship at sea and of an island in the Indian Ocean, probably ...

Motor transport of IV Indian Corps seen passing through the Oktwin area, south of Toungoo, on the road ...

Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed ...

The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome ...

The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

At Mingaladon airfield, Rangoon, a ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Japanese delegates, led by Lieutenant-General ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Air Vice Marshal Bouchier (commander ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 'Topsy' ...

With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of ...

With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary negotiations for surrender of Japanese forces ...

Japanese emissaries, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata, sign an instrument of surrender in Rangoon, Burma.

Lieutenant-General Numata (Chief of ...

Japanese envoys sign a preliminary treaty at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.

Interior footage with live sound in the hall ...

Japanese envoys sign a preliminary agreement at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.

Interior footage shot from a high point looking ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy ...

Japanese artillery pieces which have been captured in and around the town of Meiktila, central Burma, are lined ...

Japanese internees arrive at Kai Tak airstrip, Kowloon, Hong Kong, for a day of labour under RAF supervision.

Two ...

Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to ...

Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to ...

Crowd watching from rails at the Royal Turf Club in Bangkok; camera pans to follow the horses. Rear quarter close-up ...

Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by British troops of 19th Indian Division ...

Before the formal Japanese surrender ceremony in Singapore, surrendered Japanese troops clean up the city while freed Allied ...

Following the surrender of their country, Japanese troops are interned in prison camps in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Interior shots ...

Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian ...