BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
A jeep railway is operated by men of 36th Division near Sahmaw in northern Burma.
A jeep, fitted with railway wheels, stands parked on a railway ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Men of the Burma Intelligence Corps order civilians from their village of Namma in northern Burma before British troops of 36th Division pass through ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Scenes of Burmese civilians receiving medical treatment and air evacuation of British casualties from Mohnyin in northern Burma.
At a dressing ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
A mortar battery of 56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, along with tanks and aircraft, supports an attack on Kennedy Peak, Burma, by 5th Indian ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Edited footage showing joint American and British military police activities in Calcutta, India.
City scene showing a stationary tram and a herd ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Very short film showing an Avro Anson transport aircraft starting up, taxiing, and in flight, somewhere in India.
A ground crewman hand cranks an ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
An edited production by the SEAC Film Unit (British) shows how 'SEAC', the newspaper of South East Asia Command, is produced and distributed to troops ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Men of 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment (of 23rd Long-Range Penetration (LRP) Brigade, part of 3rd Indian Division (also known as 'Special Force' or the Chindits) seen returning to ...
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... mule's blinder.
Notes
A good film, well shot, depicting a wide range of military activity at a turning point of the war in this theatre.
On 8 July 1944 the Japanese Army finally abandoned its attempts to capture Imphal. There followed a ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
Signallers of 36th Division seen laying telephone wires from a Brigade HQ to a forward battalion in the Hopin area of Northern Burma.
A sign reads ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
A line of Burmese labourers queue up to receive their payment of money (1 rupee, about 1 shilling sixpence at contemporary rates), salt, tea, bully beef and biscuits. A British man ...
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BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARGB
As tanks and infantry of 5th Indian Division advance towards Tiddim, Burma, Indian Engineers bridge the Beltang Lui river, supplies are dropped by ...
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