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

On the eve of the Japanese surrender in South East Asia, interned Japanese personnel are put to work ...

Japanese prisoners are seen receiving medical treatment at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station at Pegu, Burma.

Rows of sick ...

Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a ...

With the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, interned Japanese troops are put to work on manual labour ...

With the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, interned Japanese troops are put to work on manual labour ...

Surrendered Japanese troops are put to work unloading ships at Kowloon docks near Hong Kong.

Seated Japanese troops; a ...

162 members of the Kempeitai, the Japanese secret police, are jailed at Taiping in Perak, Malaya.

Column of Japanese ...

Onboard the Royal Navy Nelson-class battleship HMS Nelson Japanese officers surrender the port and city of Penang, Malaya ...

At Municipal Hall, Singapore, Japanese officers led by General Itagaki formally surrender all forces in south east Asia ...

Reel 1: Rather underlit interior shots, filmed with live sound, at Municipal Hall, Singapore. A sailor and soldier stand guard ...

At the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, the commander of Japanese 29th Army (Lieutenant-General Ishiguro) surrenders to ...

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, commander of the British Pacific Fleet, arrives at ...

At Government House, Hong Kong, senior Japanese officers surrender the territory to British officers led by Admiral Sir ...

Film of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten arriving at Singapore in advance of the formal Japanese surrender, and the ...

Suspected Japanese war criminals are imprisoned at Stanley prison, Hong Kong.

The gates of Stanley prison slide open as ...

At Bangkok jail suspected Japanese war criminals are paraded in front of ex-prisoners of war and internees in ...

With the surrender of Japan and the Allied reoccupation of Singapore, Japanese civilians and troops are interned and ...

Interned Japanese civilians and troops are put to work in Singapore, now reoccupied by the Allies.

Various views of ...

A young Gurkha boy, Jimmy Nathu, at work and play with an RAF squadron at Tabingaung, Burma.

Shot of ...

After disturbances between the Vietnamese and French population of Saigon, French Indo-China (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) a ...

In Kuantan, Malaya, the Chinese community celebrates the Double Tenth festival for the first time since the Japanese ...

Following the crash of a Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron, delivering rice to the people ...

Air Chief Commandant Lady R M E Welsh, Director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ('the WAAFs') visits ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Hewit: View looking down on a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)) with Indian troops aboard. ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Sanders: View from a landing craft with the Singapore skyline on the horizon and Landing ...

Men of 5th Maratha (Mahratta) Regiment reinforce landing sites around Setkhaw, Burma, which were taken during the night ...

British troops of 3rd Special Service Brigade land unopposed on a beach on Akyab Island (Sittwe), in the ...

Signallers of the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment lay a line across the Shweli River, Burma from Battalion ...

Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river ...

Views of a troopship convoy to Singapore, crowds lining the streets, and Allied prisoners liberated from Changi prison ...

While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on ...

Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye (Vice Chief Imperial General Staff) pays a short visit to 82nd West African Division ...

Wide shot showing Lieutenant-General Roberts' staff car arriving outside the Suleiman Building in Kuala Lumpur. He meets the officer commanding. ...

Lieutenant-General Leese and several other officers visit 17th Indian Division at Meiktila, tour the positions of the Royal ...

Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA) visits the gunners of XV Indian ...

The commander of 14th Army, Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, launches two warships on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, ...

Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior ...

Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior ...

Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in ...

Lord Mountbatten visits a forward airstrip near Mandalay, with scenes of Hawker Hurricane operations and the RAF Regiment.

Hawker ...

Major-General Francis Festing, commander of 36th Division, seen attending a briefing.

High shot looking down as two officers, one ...

Lord Mountbatten inspects tanks left behind by the retreating Japanese forces and then climbs the steps and walks through the ...

Soldiers of 1st Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment march along a rough road past traditional huts in the suburbs ...

As the British Army make their way into Mandalay, Burma, they are re-supplied by air drops from Douglas ...

Soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment move through ruined streets in Mandalay, Burma, whilst mortar batteries concentrate ...

British troops of 19th Indian Division begin to fight their way into the northern part of the city ...

The final assault on Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, from the air takes place and British troops of 19th ...