A line of Burmese labourers queue up to receive their payment of money (1 rupee, about 1 shilling sixpence at ...

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

Hawker ...

Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, visits the Kohima and Imphal fronts, India.

Mountbatten arrives ...

Lord Munster, Under-Secretary of State for India makes a tour of welfare inspection of British troops in India.

Lord ...

Private Valentino Owori of the East African Pioneer Corps receives the British Empire Medal from Lieutenant General R.G.W.H. ...

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

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

Film about the Axis air offensive against Malta.

British supply effort, upon which the island is dependent, is rendered ...

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 ...

After the capture of Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, British troops enter the fort complex to witness a flag ...

Troops of 19th Indian Division have cleared the Japanese from positions at the top of Monastery Hill, Burma, ...

Airstrikes by RAF Hurribombers (Hurricane fighter-bombers) on Fort Dufferin and troops of 6th Gurkha Rifles marching towards Mandalay, ...

Troops of 19th Indian Division enter Mandalay, Burma, but the Japanese defending Fort Dufferin still hold out despite ...

Mortars are fired to cover the activities of 1st Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles who are clearing the south west corner ...

A Royal Artillery unit use an Ordnance BL 6-inch howitzer to blast holes in the walls of Fort ...

The north corner of Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma, which is being used as a supply depot by the Japanese, ...

British troops from 19th Indian Division advance into the north of Mandalay, Burma, and aid the attack on ...

British troops watch as Monastery Hill, a known Japanese Observation Post overlooking Mandalay, Burma, and Fort Dufferin are ...

Views from Mandalay Hill, Burma, of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns and BL 5.5-inch medium guns shelling Japanese ...

Mandalay, Burma's second city, has been left deserted but for a few hardy local people and some military ...

Scenes of the devastation in Mandalay, Burma, are revealed as the Supreme Allied Commander Lord Louis Mountbatten visits ...

Mandalay Hill (Mandalay, Burma), now clear of Japanese soldiers, is held by the British Army but fighting is ...

After a service of thanksgiving in Rangoon to mark the end of the war in Europe the troops ...

In Hong Kong, British and Indian troops of the so-called 'Brindjap' force, bound for the occupation of Japan, ...

Troops bound for Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) parade at the Municipal Building ...

Troops bound for Japan as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) parade at the Municipal Building ...

Field Security Section attached to the 100th Brigade attend to the medical needs of local Burmese from the ...

In the jungle around the town of Tamandu, Burma, a field hospital has been set up to look ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, entertains a range of Burmese dignitaries aboard the Royal ...

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the recently returned Governor of Burma, entertains a range of Burmese dignitaries aboard the Royal ...

Major-General Eric Mansergh, commander of 5th Indian Division, seen conferring with Major-General David 'Punch' Cowan, commander of 17th ...

Men and women of the Entertainments National Service Association, or ENSA, entertain RAF personnel on a forward airstrip ...

Infantry of the Assam Rifles seen preparing various traps during jungle warfare training at Sadiya, Assam, India.

Wide shot; ...

Units of the National Revolutionary Army (Chinese Nationalist army) march through Hong Kong.

A crowd of Chinese civilians is ...

Indian troops of 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (123rd Brigade, 5th Indian Division) seen on patrol in the ...

Infantry of 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) seen patrolling in monsoon conditions in the flooded 'Sittang ...

Infantry of 1st Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) seen patrolling in monsoon conditions in the flooded 'Sittang ...

Mortar crews of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery, 5th Indian Division, engage Japanese snipers near Toungoo, Burma.

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Operations by RAF De Havilland Mosquito aircraft at Joari airfield, east of Cox's Bazaar, India, and paratroopers descending ...

Lord Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command chairs a meeting with other senior British and American ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.

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Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.

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Brief film showing vehicles of 5th Indian Division struggling in muddy conditions on the Tiddim Road, Burma.

Vehicles negotiating ...

At a Remount Depot and Veterinary Hospital, mules are treated and trained ready for service on the Burma ...