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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. ...
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 ...