... reach Bangkok since the end of the war.

A bale of cloth is swung towards a waiting ... the Royal Thai Navy.

During the war Pridi Phanomyong had been Regent ... rice farmers. The economic disruption of the war interrupted supplies of both cloth and ...

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

A swimming gala and bathing beauty contest is held at the Lady Park Club in Hong Kong.

Start of the 100m freestyle. Close-up of the Chinese winner ...

... the Indian Army. The cameraman's dopesheet describes briefly their service on the North West Frontier, on the Indo-Burma border and then in Burma proper. With the end of the war the battalion saw action in Java around Buitenzorg and Bandoeng (Bandung).

... aboard HMS Alacrity.

Notes

For other film of Sarawak in this period, see related items. Sarawak had previously been a British Protectorate, but under post-war constitutional reforms, sovereignty was ceded (with some acrimony) to the Crown.

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

At Klang, in Selangor, Malaya, the Governor of Malaya Sir Edward Gent opens a new railway bridge, built by interned Japanese troops and the Royal ...

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

At Singapore, the Cunard White Star liner RMS Mauretania arrives carrying members of the Malayan and South East Asia Victory Contingents, and a parade ...

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

At Singapore, the Cunard White Star liner RMS Mauretania arrives carrying members of the Malayan and South East Asia Victory Contingents, and a parade ...

... header'>In Rangoon Central Jail, Burma, three convicted Japanese war criminals are executed for their part in the ... drawn from 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.

The Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive holds an interview with the cameraman of ...

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

At Singapore almost five thousand British servicemen board the Cunard White Star liner RMS Mauretania for repatriation, with Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith ...

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

At Singapore almost five thousand British servicemen board the Cunard White Star liner RMS Mauretania for repatriation, with Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith ...

... for the Special Commissioner South East Asia, Lord Killearn. Killearn was charged with coordinating the food supply across the region, which had been severely disrupted by the war.

For other film of Burmese rice cultivation, see related items.

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

At a Government Agriculture Research Station at Hmawbi, north of Rangoon, Burma, paddy fields are ploughed and rice planted.

Various shots of men ...