BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Sir Miles Dempsey, commander of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), departs by air from Kallang airport, Singapore, and a number of senior ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Sir Miles Dempsey, commander of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), departs by air from Kallang airport, Singapore, and a number of senior ...

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

Notes

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

The Burmese Water Festival, ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilcox: High and wide shot from the Kallang terminal building; an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft is taxiing. Dakota with reception committee and ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

At the Burma Athletic Association in Rangoon, capital of Burma, an athletic meeting is held and teams from various military formations compete for the ...

... of 89th Indian Infantry Brigade wins the 3-miler. Dark (silhouetted) close-up of Singh. A team of Sikhs competing in the tug of war. Competitors spectating. Flight Lieutenant Liezer at the high jump. The winner of the high jump, Balwant Singh, clearing a ...

... Hong Kong shot by Sergeant Tulloch under the title 'Hong Kong Today', see related items.

Taken together, the material shot as 'Hong Kong Today' provides an interesting but perhaps somewhat one-sided view of life in early post-war Hong Kong.

... Lord Killearn.

Notes

By the time this film was shot the war had been over for eight months. However, the destruction and economic dislocation caused by the war had led to a widespread food shortage. A Special Commissioner, Lord ...

... Shimpei Fukuye (also Shinpei Fukuei) was executed for his responsibility for the shooting of four Britsh and Australian prisoners of war on 2 September 1942 on Changi beach, and for the 'Selarang Barracks Incident' in which 15,000 prisoners were confined ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

The 1st Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment celebrate their centenary with a formal presentation of new colours at Kuala Lumpur, with Lord Mountbatten, the ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

At the battalion lines of 1st Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, a number of captured Japanese swords are presented.

Lieutenant ...

... his period of captivity and was flown again at the Japanese surrender in September 1945. In 1965 the flag was acquired by the Imperial War Museum and its reference number is below. See related items.

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