... SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

For the first time since the end of the war, a parade is mounted in Singapore to mark the King's birthday, and Sir Franklin Gimson, Governor of Singapore, takes the salute.

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... appears to be wearing the patch of 5th Indian Division (Major-General Mansergh?).

Clark, speaking at a reunion held at the Imperial War Museum, recalled that this was his first film since he completed his training, and he was lambasted by more ...

... digging on the beach ('X' on their bush hats). Beach part erecting a sign 'F'. Beach with wire track being laid. A war correspondent, possibly named Atkinson, sitting on the beach and working on a typewriter. Wireless operator. Indian troops, probably of ...

... the water. A figure, apparently '44', written in the sand. More men coming ashore. Sea horizon; smoking funnels in distance. A war correspondent named Atkinson, sits on the sand and types on a typewriter. Royal Navy beachmaster using a loud speaker. LCM ...

... collided with another Liberator of the same squadron and both disintegrated. All aboard both aircraft were killed. McKee, and the nineteen other aircrew of the two bombers, are buried in the CWGC Maynamati War Cemetery, near Comilla in Bangladesh.

... SECOND WORLD WARGB

Major General Pienaar at the Headquarters of the 1st South African Division at Gazala, Libya, giving an interview to war correspondents. They include Alan Moorhead of the Daily Express, Alex Clifford of the Daily Mail, Frank Gervasi ...

... large group of gunners of XV Indian Corps. Leese passes an Ordnance BL 7.2-inch Howitzer (a relined version of the First World War 8-inch Howitzer) of 6th Medium Regiment. Speaking with gunners. Leese watches an Indian 3-inch mortar battery at work. Leese ...

... , well shot, apparently edited in-camera and conveying a clear narrative about a relatively little-known aspect of the war in Burma.

The dopesheet identifies the following individuals:

Major J Layton, Royal Engineers; commanding 536 Artisan ...

... suggest 5th Field Battery, Royal Artillery, part of the Burma Auxiliary Force, the only field artillery in Burma at the outbreak of war. The topis would also suggest an early date; they were disliked and soon replaced with bush hats.

Series note: ...

... 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 ...

... arriving by Liberator and welcomed by Air Vice Marshal Pullford, General Percival, Major General Keith Simmons and others. War Savings hoarding with Chinese lettering. Return of Harriman Mission from Moscow with Lord Beaverbrook. Britain to supply Russia ...

... , Burma's second city, has been left deserted but for a few hardy local people and some military personnel as the war moves to the south; the devastation from the British bombing and shelling is very evident.

A large church. A locomotive marked in ...