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At the cantonment in Delhi, Archibald ...

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The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian ...

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Footage of gunners of the Indian ...

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Reel 1, shot by Taylor and Hewit: 10:28:59 Indian Engineers at work ...

... (a Japanese tanto?) over the map. Close-up map (out of focus). Damaged buildings in Tiddim. Blooming flowers. A war correspondent (?) with a notebook looks at a sign written in Japanese kanji script.

Notes

While the footage of the capture of ...

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At the Red Fort in Delhi, three Indian ...

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Short film shot by an Indian cameraman ...

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As troops of 5th Indian Division ...

... the elephant-built bridge. Jeep crosses.

Notes

While the 1944-45 Burma campaign was in many ways an extremely modern war, this film provides an effective demonstration of the continuing employment of animal power in warfare.

The unit is ...

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Scenes from Tiddim, Burma, showing ...

... the Allied cause during the War, but following Indian independence he urged ... majesty as the tide turned in the War. Consequently, the footage concentrates primarily ... Empire and the Second World War (Hambledon Continuum, 2006).

Gladstone ...

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At Mawlaik in Burma troops of 20th ...