Following the Allied reoccupation, engineers of the Japanese army and navy dismantle an anti-aircraft gun at Hong Kong.

Japanese engineers (some ...

Suspected Japanese war criminals are imprisoned at Stanley prison, Hong Kong.

The gates of Stanley prison slide open as a lorry carrying suspected ...

At Bangkok jail suspected Japanese war criminals are paraded in front of ex-prisoners of war and internees in order for them to be identified.

A ...

With the surrender of Japan and the Allied reoccupation of Singapore, Japanese civilians and troops are interned and put to work.

Japanese civil ...

Interned Japanese civilians and troops are put to work in Singapore, now reoccupied by the Allies.

Various views of Japanese civil internees at ...

A young Gurkha boy, Jimmy Nathu, at work and play with an RAF squadron at Tabingaung, Burma.

Shot of Burmese temple spires. Jimmy with Warrant ...

Film showing the importance and prestige of belonging to the famous Gurkha Regiment.

The film shows His Majesty the King paying tribute to the Gurkhas, and in India the Viceroy paying a similar tribute for their ...

After disturbances between the Vietnamese and French population of Saigon, French Indo-China (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) a section of Gurkhas mount a ...

Amateur film. A journey from Sumatra via Java, Malaya, Sarawak, Java and Sabah to Malaya.

Black and white. Starts with a map of Sumatra and Borneo showing the route from Sabang (Sumatra) to Deli (Java). Native ferry(?) boat on river in tropical ...

In Kuantan, Malaya, the Chinese community celebrates the Double Tenth festival for the first time since the Japanese occupation.

Short shot of a ...

Following the crash of a Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron, delivering rice to the people of Kuantan, Malaya, a second Sunderland arrives ...

Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command) visits hospitals and medical facilities in ...

Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten (Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command) visits hospitals and medical facilities in ...

Air Chief Commandant Lady R M E Welsh, Director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ('the WAAFs') visits No. 9 RAF General Hospital in Calcutta, India ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Sanders: View from a landing craft with the Singapore skyline on the horizon and Landing Craft Medium LCM 4038 directly ahead. Indian troops. Wide view of ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Hewit: View looking down on a Landing Craft Infantry (Large) (LCI(L)) with Indian troops aboard. Men looking out over a rail (of a troopship?) with other ...

On a beach at Myebon, in the Arakan region of Burma, a grounded Landing Craft Tank is used to provide a steady firing platform for a battery of 25- ...

Film by an American cameraman showing an amphibious landing at Ma-I Chaung (river or watercourse), part of the Letpan landings, in the Arakan coastal ...

Film by an American cameraman showing an amphibious landing at Ma-I chaung, part of the Letpan landings, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma.

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Men of 5th Maratha (Mahratta) Regiment reinforce landing sites around Setkhaw, Burma, which were taken during the night after shelling from the Royal ...

British troops of 3rd Special Service Brigade land unopposed on a beach on Akyab Island (Sittwe), in the Arakan region of Burma.

A flotilla of ...

During operations at the Myebon peninsula, in the Arakan region of Burma, an Indian Navy sloop is ammunitioned and British troops of 3 Commando Brigade ...

Reel 1: At sea on a landing craft; views towards Myebon. Commandos on board landing craft; other landing craft heading ashore. Landing craft with Indian Navy sloop. Other vessels ...

At Ramree island, on the Arakan coast of Burma, troops of 26th Indian Division make an amphibious landing.

Royal Air Force and Royal Artillery ...

At Ramree island, on the Arakan coast of Burma, troops of 26th Indian Division make an amphibious landing.

Looking down on landing craft alongside ...

Signallers of the 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment lay a line across the Shweli River, Burma from Battalion HQ at Kota to a forward company who were ...

Tanks are needed north of Tamandu, Burma, so the Royal Indian Navy transports them along the nearest river by using their LCM Mark III (Landing Craft ...

A profile of the West Indian cricketer Learie Constantine, showing him at work as a welfare officer in Liverpool and on the cricket field.

After a shot of the street and of workers arriving at a factory, the film shows Learie ...

Views of a troopship convoy to Singapore, crowds lining the streets, and Allied prisoners liberated from Changi prison camp.

Views of ships in ...

Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of Yenangyaung, Burma.

Indian ...

While visiting XV Corps area Lieutenant-General M B Burrows flies in to inspect 82nd West African Division on Gun Island near Ru-Ywa, Burma.

A ...

Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald Nye (Vice Chief Imperial General Staff) pays a short visit to 82nd West African Division at Gun Island, Ru-Ywa, Burma ...

Wide shot showing Lieutenant-General Roberts' staff car arriving outside the Suleiman Building in Kuala Lumpur. He meets the officer commanding. Troops on parade. He meets the ...

Lieutenant-General Leese and several other officers visit 17th Indian Division at Meiktila, tour the positions of the Royal Artillery, inspect troops ...

Sir Oliver Leese, Commander-in-Chief of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA) visits the gunners of XV Indian Corps on Ramree Island, Burma ...

The commander of 14th Army, Lieutenant-General Sir William Slim, launches two warships on the River Chindwin at Kalewa, Burma.

Deck work on a ...

Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior civil and military figures ...

Lieutenant-General William Slim, commander of 14th Army, arrives at Meiktila, Burma, and holds a conference with other senior civil and military figures ...

Reel 1: Model of India, filmed at low angle with crawl of text; RAF Film Production Unit presents Life in Air Command South East Asia. The map flips upright, so the camera is looking directly down on it, and commentary explains the basic geography of ...

In Maymyo, prewar summer capital of Burma, civilian life begins to return to normal after the towns liberation from the Japanese.

British ...

Domestic scenes of life on an RAF camp in a forward area in Burma

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

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 ...

Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Dunford records naval scenes while serving on HMS Verdun in 1945, passage to Oslo in 1945 as naval escort for King Haakon returning to Norway, then naval and shore scenes in Malta, Ceylon (HMS Mayina), Singapore, ...

Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Singapore after transferring his headquarters from Kandy in Ceylon (Sri ...

Lord Mountbatten visits a forward airstrip near Mandalay, with scenes of Hawker Hurricane operations and the RAF Regiment.

Hawker Hurricane ...

Layard family leave in Europe. Scotland Family with relatives & details of pre-war country life. Gibraltar from the sea. Deck sports on ocean liner, Italy. Brittany. Scottish mountains and lakes,

Production / Donor ...

Cultural ancient monuments in Old Delhi, Gwalior, Agra and Amritsar. Layard girls playing in New Delhi, watching the changing of The Guard.

Production / Donor Details: The collection was shot mainly in India between 1932 ...

At Kinta, near Ipoh in Perak, Malaya, troops of the 3rd Madras Regiment Machine Gun Battalion lay on a children's party for local Tamil children, ...