... of his trousers. A guerrilla is issued cigarettes and food.

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The Chinese nationalist flag is significant, as during the war there were various Chinese guerrilla groups affiliated to either the Nationalists, or the Chinese Communist Party, ...

... .

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The Seaforth Highlanders had coincidentally been involved in Britain's first occupation of Java in 1811.

Before the war Batavia had been capital of the Netherlands East Indies. During their occupation the Japanese had encouraged ...

... photo. Prince Viwat and Dening.

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This treaty ended the state of hostilities that had existed during the war, and sought to reestablish trade between Britain's regained colonial possessions and with Thailand, who also agreed to relinquish ...

... capitulation these bombers participated in Operation Mastiff, the air delivery of food, medical supplies and radios to Allied prisoners of war.

Footage in Reel 7 shows the process of making copra, or dried coconut, which remains the islands' only ...

... It is conquering the savage Japanese" and reporting his promise that 'his troops would help the local people to repair their war scarred town' and 'would not interfere with their peaceful life'.

No slates, date from dopesheet. In his memoir, 'Defeat ...

... thrown from out of frame; he gets out of the jeep carrying a Vinten Normandy cine camera.

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The Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive holds an interview with the cameraman of this piece. See related items.

The Burmese Water Festival, ...

... raw footage held as ABY 122 and 124. See related items.

This film appears in an edited form in the Ministry of Information's Middle Eastern newsreel 'World Pictorial News' (formerly 'War Pictorial News'), also held by the IWM. See related items.

... (a Japanese tanto?) over the map. Close-up map (out of focus). Damaged buildings in Tiddim. Blooming flowers. A war correspondent (?) with a notebook looks at a sign written in Japanese kanji script.

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While the footage of the capture of ...

... collapsed undercarriage, with its injured pilot awaiting evacuation.

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Aerial casualty evacuation was a characteristic feature of the war in Burma. Most of these casualties are African troops of 11th East African Division, which at this ...

... has been censored and the location struck out, as have the names of the Chinese and British officers seen together. The Imperial War Museum holds another film on this subject, shot by the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit at the North India Flying Club ...

... 's party held by Australian paratroopers in Singapore, see related items. For stills of this party held by the Imperial War Museum's Photograph Archive, see related items.

Some frame rate issues in this piece, and the interiors somewhat undermined by ...

... Medical Service', but no organisation of that name existed. The Indian Medical Service and Indian Army Medical Corps both existed during the Second World War and so it is not clear which is correct, though on balance the latter is probably more likely.