ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

With the fall of the Burmese capital Rangoon the Allies stage a victory parade.

A podium with dignitaries and an RAF band in the foreground. ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Short section of footage of a railway locomotive for 'So This Is India'.

A train steams towards camera and passes very close; drivers or ...

... 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 ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Ballot papers are delivered by air to Calcutta, India, for distribution to RAF bases before the 1945 General Election.

Men stand by an RAF ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Supplies are packed for parachute drops from RAF transport aircraft, with aerial footage of Rangoon, Burma.

Aerial footage showing passing ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Reel 1: Two airwomen sunbathing in a garden. Two women in civilian clothes sitting on a gate. A woman mounts a horse and goes riding. Airwomen outside their billet. Women ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in Burma.

A thatched wooden building fiercely ablaze. An airman does laundry in a metal bath. Men ...

... is wearing an RCAF jersey. A sign reads 'Personnel Counsellor' and various posters advertise the benefits ('Clothing Allowance', 'War Service Gratuity', 'Educational and Vocational Training', 'Veterans' Land Act Benefits', etc) available to servicemen. A ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Cecil Bouchier addresses airmen on the occasion of the disbandment of RAF 607 (County of Durham) Squadron at Mingaladon ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Canadian airmen of RCAF 435 Squadon deliver rice to Burmese civilians via the Civil Affairs Service (CAS).

A Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

RAF Repair Units clear bomb debris from Rangoon, Burma, while transport aircraft fly despite atrocious monsoon weather.

Bomb damage at Rangoon ...

ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

RAF personnel leave Rangoon, Burma, by ship for leave, postings, and repatriation.

Rangoon harbour; a temporary bridge leads to a pontoon jetty ...