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'AIRMEN'S DAY OFF' - SIGHTSEEING IN SHWEBO, BURMA (7/2/1945) (1945)

Off-duty RAF ground crew from a nearby forward airstrip spend a few hours visiting the ancient Burmese capital ...

 

'HONG KONG TODAY': REHABILITATION OF HONG KONG AND... (1946)

Part 1, shot on 6 March 1946: Platform sign reads 'Kowloon'. Repeat shot of the sign with pan to a ...

 

'NIPS ON DEVIL'S ISLAND' - INTERNED JAPANESE SURRENDERED... (1945)

Shot on 23 October 1945: view of Rempang Island from the sea. View of the Japanese naval HQ ship, the ...

 

'SUNDERLAND STORY' - TRANSPORT AND EVACUATION OF BRITISH... (1944)

Reel 1: Shot from Sunderland of repairs to float and refuelling from DUKW amphibious truck. Airmen hanging washing out on ...

 

'T FOR TOMMY' CRASHES: 230 SQUADRON SUNDERLAND AT KUANTAN... (1945)

'T for Tommy', a Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron tasked with delivering rice to Kuantan ...

 

17TH DIVISION'S DRIVE ON RANGOON - PRIESTS IN ACTION... (1945)

Film showing a battery of Priest 105mm self-propelled (SP) guns in action at Payagale, and Allied prisoners of ...

 

17TH INDIAN DIVISION CROSS A CHAUNG AT 89 MILESTONE... (1945)

Confronted by a blown bridge on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma, tanks and motor vehicles of ...

 

17TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ADVANCE ON RANGOON - CAPTURE... (1945)

A battery of Ordnance SB 4.2-inch mortars firing. At Hlegu chaung (river or watercourse) vehicles are hauled up the riverbank. ...

 

194 SQUADRON DROP SUPPLIES TO 25TH EAST AFRICAN BRIGADE... (1944)

Film shot by Sergeant Abbott: Aerial footage; the camera looks through the windscreen of an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft ...

 

19TH INDIAN DIVISION RELAX AT MAYMYO (29/3/1945) (1945)

Just days after the capture of Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), central Burma, the town is used as ...

 

20TH DIVISION BRIDGEHEAD OVER IRRAWADDY (14/2/1945) (1945)

20th Indian Division formed a bridgehead over the River Irrawaddy, crossing at Myinmu, Burma, on the night of ...

 

20TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING TOWARDS RANGOON (29/4/1945) (1945)

Reel 1: RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers overhead. Lee medium tanks driving along a dusty road. A Lee passes with infantry ...

 

20TH INDIAN DIVISION CROSSING THE RIVER IRRAWADDY AT... (1945)

The reinforcement of beachheads after a night attack across the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

Mortars explode and boats are used ...

 

20TH INDIAN DIVISION IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD (16/2/1945) (1945)

At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a ...

 

25-POUNDERS AT PINKAN (6/2/1945) (1945)

Gunners of the Royal Artillery take up position by the village of Pinkan, Burma, and prepare to shell ...

 

25-POUNDERS IN ACTION AT KOTA (11/1/1945) (1945)

Crew of an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun prepare emplacements in Kota, Northern Burma.

The guns of the 156th ...

 

25-POUNDERS SHELL TAUNGUP (9/4/1945) (1945)

25-pounder field guns of 18th Indian Field Battery, 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, are seen shelling the ...

 

26TH BRIGADE ADVANCING TOWARDS MONGMIT (11/2/1945) (1945)

After stiff fighting for Myitson, 26th Brigade push through ruins towards Mongmit, Northern Burma.

Troops of the 2nd Battalion ...

 

26TH BRIGADE'S ADVANCE ON MYITSON (9/2/1945) (1945)

Preparations for an attack by British troops on Myitson, North Burma.

Unloading and use of pontoon boats to cross ...

 

26TH INDIAN DIVISION PARADE IN RANGOON (15/5/1945) (1945)

Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.

Troops ...

 

26TH INDIAN DIVISION PARADE IN RANGOON (15/5/1945) (1945)

Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.

Troops ...

 

2ND BATTALION EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT ATTACK MOHNYIN... (1944)

The British 36th Division advances from India into northern Burma and various activities to aid the advance are ...

 

2ND DIVISION BRIDGEHEAD OPERATIONS (25/2/1945) (1945)

The 2nd British Division cross the Irrawaddy River in order to carry out the first daylight attack on ...

 

2ND DIVISION CONCERT PARTY IN MANIPUR (17/8/1944) (1944)

A 2nd Division mobile concert party sets up in Manipur, India, before staging a show for troops of ...

 

36TH DIVISION JEEP RAILWAY AT SAHMAW (19/9/1944) (1944)

A jeep railway is operated by men of 36th Division near Sahmaw in northern Burma.

A jeep, fitted with ...

 

36TH DIVISION OPERATIONS BEFORE PINBAW (18/8/1944) (1944)

Part 1: Jeeps with trailers cross a Bailey bridge. A sign reads 'Speeders beware! Mark my words / Wait and ...

 

36TH DIVISION SIGNALLERS LAY CABLE IN THE HOPIN AREA... (1944)

Signallers of 36th Division seen laying telephone wires from a Brigade HQ to a forward battalion in the ...

 

5.5-INCH HOWITZERS FIRING IN SUPPORT OF 17TH INDIAN... (1945)

Medium guns are fired on positions on the road between Pindale and Mahlaing, north of Meiktila, Burma, in ...

 

5TH FIELD COMPANY, GOLD COAST REGIMENT ON FOLDING BOAT... (1942) enhanced entry

I. 21 December. Opening with shots of African sappers unloading folding boats from a truck, the film shows the men ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE BEYOND TIDDIM (23/10/1944) (1944)

A sign reads "Tiddim Bye-Pass (sic). Through Traffic". Indian troops with rifles, picks and shovels walk along a jungle-lined road. ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCE THROUGH TIDDIM TO KENNEDY... (1944)

Troops of the 5th Indian Division pass through Tiddim, Burma, having taken the town, and move on towards ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION ADVANCING NEAR KENNEDY PEAK (30/10/1944) (1944)

British soldiers and supplies wait on a rough road. A jeep and trailer come along the road; there is a ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION FERRY OVER THE MANIPUR RIVER AT... (1944)

Indian Engineers of 5th Indian Division operate a cable ferry across the Manipur River, India, which is then ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ADVANCE ON TIDDIM - MILESTONE... (1944)

As tanks and infantry of 5th Indian Division advance towards Tiddim, Burma, Indian Engineers bridge the Beltang Lui ...

 

5TH INDIAN DIVISION'S ENTRY TO YAMETHIN (14/4/1945) (1945)

As part of IV Corps' drive on Rangoon, capital of Burma, 123rd Brigade of 5th Indian Division occupy ...

 

7TH DIVISION CONSOLIDATING IRRAWADDY BRIDGEHEAD (16/2/1945) (1945)

Sherman tanks and troops from the 1st Battalion the Burma Regiment proceeding up beach for an attack on ...

 

7TH DIVISION ESTABLISHING BEACHHEAD ACROSS IRRAWADDY... (1945)

7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide ...

 

81 MOBILE FIELD HOSPITAL AT SELETAR, SINGAPORE (26/11/1945) (1945)

At the RAF's 81 Mobile Field Hospital, operating at Seletar in Singapore, both British servicemen and Japanese prisoners ...

 

82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION ARRIVES AT RU-YWA (27/2/1945) (1945)

Troops from 82nd West African Division arrive at Ru-Ywa, Burma, by boat and are met by Major-General Stockwell ...

 

82ND WEST AFRICAN DIVISION NEAR TAMANDU (22/3/1945) (1945)

82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north ...

 

A DAY PASS IN HONG KONG (21/10/1945) (1945)

RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.

Landscape view of Kai ...

 

ACTING AIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, SIR GUY GARROD, VISITS... (1945)

Air Marshal Garrod, acting Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits RAF squadrons at forward airstrips at Tabingaung and Onbauk, Burma.

Air ...

 

ADVANCED AIRSTRIPS NEAR MANDALAY (19/1/1945) (1945)

Scenes of operations from forward airstrips near Mandalay, Burma, and scenes of bomb damage to buildings and infrastructure ...

 

AERIAL BOMBS USED AS MINES ON THE RANGOON ROAD (3/5/1945) (1945)

Indian Engineers of the Bengal Sappers and Miners are seen at work clearing Japanese aerial bombs used as ...

 

AERIAL SURVEY OF MAYMYO, BURMA (16/3/1945) (1945)

A low-altitude aerial survey of bomb damage in and around Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), Burma.

Low altitude (c.100-ft) ...

 

AIR AND ARTILLERY STRIKE ON JAPANESE POSITIONS (28/3/1945) (1945)

Artillery and air strikes are used to assist an attack by 17th Indian Division on Japanese held positions ...

 

AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK AND AIR COMMODORE... (1945)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park, Allied Air Commander-in-Chief of South East Asia Command and Air Commodore the ...

 

AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR KEITH PARK VISITS HONG KONG (26/10/1945) (1945)

Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sir Keith Park, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, visits Hong Kong.

A bare-metal RAF ...