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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.
View ...
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 ...
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, ...
Record footage showing examples of Japanese propaganda circulated in Batavia (Jakarta) during their occupation of the Netherlands East ...
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 ...
Footage from the Battle of Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) in Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), including mortar and artillery fire, ...
Chinese refugees flee the fighting in Sourabaya (Surabaya/Soerabaja) in eastern Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
On a street in ...
A fire blazes at the petrol dump of Kallang Airport, Singapore, and firefighters work to extinguish the flames.
Large ...
RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).
Kangaw, on ...
At Yindaw, Burma, 7.2-inch howitzers of 8th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, are seen firing on Japanese positions.
Series of ...
Wide shot showing a jetty at Seletar naval base with a boat tied up alongside. On the jetty sacks of ...