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RAF JUNGLE SCHOOL AT MAHABALESHWAR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA... (1944)

Reel 1: Men gathered around sketch map. Close-up with finger pointing out various locations. A Burmese instructor in front of ...

 

RAF MEN LEAVING RANGOON (7/1945) (1945)

RAF personnel leave Rangoon, Burma, by ship for leave, postings, and repatriation.

Rangoon harbour; a temporary bridge leads to ...

 

RAF OPERATIONS AT AND AROUND IMPHAL, INDIA (4/7/1944) (1944)

Reel 1: Supermarine Spitfire with control tower in background. Hawker Hurricanes with propellors spinning before taxiing away past camera. Douglas ...

 

RAF PLANES DIVE BOMBING MANDALAY (13/3/1945) (1945)

Several British planes carry out dive bombing attacks in the distance and smoke is seen rising from the area.

Notes

Mandalay, Burma's ...

 

RAF REGIMENT BUILD-UP (25/8/1945) (1945)

Men of the RAF Regiment man gun positions on troopships in the Rangoon River before sailing for Singapore.

RAF ...

 

RAF REGIMENT LANDS AT RANGOON (5/1945) (1945)

Men of an RAF Regiment Light Anti-Aircraft Squadron make an amphibious landing at Rangoon, Burma.

Group Captain Harold Pleasance, ...

 

RAF REOPEN THE RAILWAY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LO WU (29/9/1945) (1945)

The reopening of the Kowloon-Lo Wu railway line gets off to a decidedly mixed start, and RAF men ...

 

RAF REPAIR AND SALVAGE UNIT NEAR SAGAING, BURMA (2/1945) (1945)

An RAF Repair and Salvage Unit recovers a crashed Hawker Hurricane fighter-bomber near Sagaing, Burma.

A jeep and a ...

 

RAF SUPPLY LINES IN INDIA (6/7/1944) (1944)

Reel 1: Docks on the Hooghly River, Calcutta; river craft are unloaded. Two men stand on top of a lorry ...

 

RAF TACKLES THE MOSQUITO MENACE (9/10/1944) (1944)

Scenes of RAF anti-mosquito operations around Imphal, India.

Three Hawker Hurricanes overhead spraying kerosene and DDT. Shot of two ...

 

RAF VICKERS WELLINGTON MEDIUM BOMBERS ON THE INDO-BURMA... (1944)

Air Commodore Mellersh RAF, Air Commander Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command and Air Vice Marshal Stevens of ...

 

RAILWAY STOCK RECOVERY NEAR MONYWA (21/3/1945) (1945)

In order to get the railways of Burma in working condition a company of Indian Engineers salvages rolling ...

 

RAISING THE FLAG IN FORT DUFFERIN (21/3/1945) (1945)

Lieutenant-General W J Slim leads a flag unfurling ceremony at inside Fort Dufferin, Mandalay, Burma, after British troops ...

 

RAMP CARGO LIGHTER ON THE RIVER YU (13/11/1945) (1945)

An experimental Type B Ramp Cargo Lighter (RCL) is assembled and launched, with some difficulty, on the River ...

 

RAMREE ISLAND AIRSTRIP (25/1/1945) (1945)

Scenes of airfield preparation, fighter and RAF Regiment operations and airfield life on Ramree Island, Burma.

Panning shots of ...

 

RANGOON, BURMA: SURRENDER OF SWORDS BY GENERAL KIMURA... (1945)

Japanese General Heitaro Kimura and senior staff officers surrender their swords at the headquarters of Twelfth Army at ...

 

RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY,... (1945)

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...

 

RAPID ASSEMBLY OF JEEP BY 60 INDIAN WORKSHOP COMPANY,... (1945)

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, Indian other ranks (IORs) of 60 Indian Workshop Company of the Indian Electrical ...

 

REAR ADMIRAL HARCOURT VISITS RAF 132 SQUADRON (2/10/1945) (1945)

Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt, Senior British Naval Officer Hong Kong, inspects airmen and aircraft of RAF ...

 

REBUILDING WHITE CITY AIRSTRIP OF CHINDIT FAME (2/11/1944) (1944)

British engineers and infantry of 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (29th Brigade, 36th Division) seen at work on ...

 

RECREATION BEFORE REPATRIATION AT BOMBAY (19/10/1945) (1945)

Airmen enjoy some time on leave in Bombay (Mumbai), India, while awaiting embarkation for return to the United ...

 

RED ROAD AIRSTRIP, CALCUTTA (24/6/1944) (1944)

Reel 1: Medium shot showing a tent, a look-out post up a tree, and two parked vehicles. One of the ...

 

REHABILITATION OF AKYAB (31/1/1945 (ca)) (1945)

Harbour of Akyab Island, Burma, with Merchant Marine ships anchored offshore and the unloading of supplies to landing ...

 

RELEASE OF ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE FAR EAST... (1945)

Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees are liberated from Japanese captivity and evacuated by RAF aircraft ...

 

RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR ARRIVE IN COLOMBO (17/9/1945) (1945)

Former Allied prisoners of war (POWs), recently released from Japanese captivity, arrive in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) en ...

 

RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR IN HOSPITAL AND BEING SHOWN... (1945)

Internees climbing a gangway to board HMS Sussex. Reverse angle showing same. Civilian ex-internees (on the flag deck?) with a ...

 

RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR IN HOSPITAL AND BEING SHOWN... (1945)

Recently liberated Allied prisoners of war and internees are shown around the Royal Navy London Class heavy cruiser ...

 

REMOVING JAPANESE CURRENCY FROM SINGAPORE BANKS (17/10/1945) (1945)

With the Allied reoccupation Japanese troops are used to remove stores of Japanese 'banana' money from banks in ...

 

REOCCUPATION OF THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS (7/10/1945) (1945) enhanced entry

Shot on 7 October 1945: footage from a landing craft approaching the shore showing two Landing Craft Assaults (LCAs) and ...

 

REPAIR OF AVA BRIDGE (23/3/1945) (1945)

A survey of the damage done to the Ava Bridge over the Irrawaddy River, Burma, is carried out ...

 

REPATRIATION OF INTERNEES FROM STANLEY CAMP, HONG KONG... (1945)

The first batch of freed civilian internees leave Stanley Camp, Hong Kong, and are evacuated by the Royal ...

 

REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS FROM SIAM TO MALAYA (11/1945) (1945)

With the Japanese surrender and Allied occupation of south east Asia, large numbers of forced labourers are returned ...

 

REPORT FROM BURMA (1945)

Documentary on the war in Burma.

 

REPRISALS FOR THE DAKOTA ATROCITY AT BEKASSI, DUTCH... (1945)

After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian extremists, the village of Bekassi ...

 

RESULTS OF ATTACK BY JAPANESE FIGHTER-BOMBERS ON THE... (1945)

Scenes of the aftermath of a raid by Japanese aircraft against the motor transport of 123rd Brigade and ...

 

RESULTS OF ATTACK BY ZEROS ON THE ROAD TO YAMETHIN... (1945)

Scenes of the aftermath of a raid by Japanese aircraft against the motor transport of 123rd Brigade and ...

 

RIVER AND RAIN DELAYS IV CORPS' RANGOON DRIVE (24/4/1945) (1945)

After a sharp rain shower washes away a temporary diversion on the Sittang River south of Toungoo, Burma, ...

 

RIVER CHINDWIN BY DUCK (2/1/1945) (1945)

Views of the River Chindwin, Burma, as seen from a DUKW ('duck') amphibious truck.

Landscape view of the River ...

 

ROAD CONDITIONS AROUND YAMBO (8/1/1945 (ca)) (1945)

Men of the 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, manhandling Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns over muddy ground in Yambo, Burma.

Notes

Troops ...

 

ROAD CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN BURMA (8/1/1945) (1945)

Bad road conditions caused by monsoon rains around Yambo, Burma.

Muddy conditions for 72nd Brigade 36th Division make driving ...

 

ROAD LINES OF COMMUNICATION FORWARD FROM DIMAPUR INTO... (1945)

Reel 1: A goods train drives towards camera with its drivers or stokers leaning out from the footplate. A sign ...

 

ROAD SCENES ON THE PUSH TOWARDS RANGOON (27/4/1945) (1945)

Armoured vehicles and motor transport of 63 Brigade, 17th Indian Division, seen on the road to Rangoon, Burma.

A ...

 

ROYAL ENGINEERS IMPROVISE A FERRY ACROSS THE NAN QUIN... (1944)

A jeep carrying four men and towing a trailer full of medical supplies pulls up. Two men examine the trailer ...

 

ROYAL MARINES ENTERTAIN ORPHANS IN HONG KONG; ADMIRAL... (1945)

Marine Wilson plays the bagpipes to a laughing audience of Chinese children sitting on the bonnet of a jeep. Sweets ...

 

ROYAL NAVY MAKES EFFORTS TO RESTORE ELECTRIC POWER... (1945) enhanced entry

I. Sequence showing Kowloon power station, and lines of coolie women carrying logs to the operative boiler. HA.LS onto a ...

 

SADAUNG WELCOMES RAF OFFICERS (20/3/1945) (1945)

Civilians in Sadaung, southeast of Meiktila, Burma, welcome RAF officers who helped reclaim their village from the Japanese.

A ...

 

SALVAGING A SUNDERLAND FLYING BOAT ON THE BRAHMAPUTRA... (1944)

RAF and Royal Navy salvage personnel attempt to recover a sunken Short Sunderland flying boat from the River ...

 

SAPPERS AND MINERS CLEAR KANDAUNG OF MINES (4/4/1945) (1945)

Indian Engineers of 17th Indian Division clear Japanese mines from the village of Kandaung prior to IV Corps' ...