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

Convicted Japanese war criminal Captain Uyeno Masakaru is executed at Rangoon Central Jail.

Masakaru is led out from his cell towards the gallows. ...

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 ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILMGB

Indian troops on parade. Independent India flag visible in background. Sikh troops with red turbans and white spats. Shot of the Gateway to India archway in Bombay. Shot of memorial. A flypast. A rainbow over a ...

Great Britain

The development of the Falkland Islands dependencies under British administration; the lives of the men stationed there.

Although British claims to parts of the Antarctic can arguably be traced as far back as Anthony de la Roch& ...

INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

At Kyaukse, south of Mandalay on the road to Meiktila, Indian troops of 80th Indian Infantry Brigade (20th Indian Division) occupy the town.

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INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

Reel 1: On ground covered by broken trees and with a square two- ...

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

As 14th Army advances across the Shwebo plain in Burma, British troops of 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment (32nd Indian Infantry Brigade, 20th ...

INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

Troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division) enter Myingyan, a town on the River Irrawaddy in Burma ...

INDIAN ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

Indian troops of 17th Indian Division, supported by the fire of a battery of self-propelled 105mm guns, enter the town of Pegu 50 miles from Rangoon, ...

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARUnited States of America

In northern Burma, ...

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARUnited States of America

As troops of 36th ...

GB

Two items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages of the 15th Indian Corps' advance through the Arakan peninsula, and parachute supply drops to units in the jungle ...

Great Britain

Amateur travel film.

[From notes supplied by archive donor:]

Farewell to India 1945. Home, Cheam, Brother David's wedding, Nellie, 1952. Christening of John A. Jewell (nephew)

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

Air Marshal Peirse, Air Commander-in-Chief South East Asia Command, makes a farewell inspection of RAF and Indian Air Force squadrons and related ...

THIS MODERN AGEGreat Britain

Problem of the Italian Colonies, Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia; how they were acquired by Italy; their position in the war and their future. This Modern Age series. no. 20.

GB

Dramatised documentary set in a village in Kenya contrasts the old and the new generation through the story of a village elder respecting traditional practices in agriculture and medicine and his son, a Petty Officer serving in a Royal Navy ...

Great Britain

A film which contrasts the old and the new outlooks in Kenya. An elder of a coastal village has a son serving in a minesweeper who returns home on leave but soon finds himself in conflict with his father's superstition and faith in magic. ...

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

Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, recently returned Governor of Burma, attends a ceremonial feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in ...

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

Footage showing the feeding of the poor as part of the Buddhist Festival of Lights in Rangoon, shortly after the resumption of British civil ...

Great Britain

INTEREST. An account of the Air Transport Auxiliary which provides personnel to fly newly completed aircraft from factory to service airfield.

Rl.1 Credits (69). The commentary explains that hundreds of aircraft have to be ...

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

The operation of a ferry across the Irrawaddy River (Burma) using DUKWs as towing vehicles.

A ferry made up of pontoons is towed by DUKWs and ...

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

A church service is conducted for British troops in the field in Burma.

Various shots of the service in progress. There are some (possibly large) ...

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

Somewhere in the Arakan coastal region ...

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

Field Marshal Lord Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Rangoon as part of a tour of South East Asia Command.

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

Field Marshal Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Singapore for a tour of inspection.

Lord Louis Mountbatten, ...

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

Field Marshal Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), arrives in Singapore for a tour of inspection, and visits a number of infantry ...

Unedited rushes. Palestine sequence.

Great Britain, Ghana

A film which shows the primitive conditions of the people of the northern region of the Gold Coast. It shows how a government plant to improve the cattle is working with the co-operation of the people.

THIS MODERN AGEGreat Britain

A general review of Malaya, which seems to be a double battleground, containing a fight against Communism and a struggle to unite its diverse races into one, po litical economic nation.

Great Britain

A film produced in West Africa in order to show how, by sensible conduct and precautionary measures in the home, you can prevent the spread of the disease.

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

Footage from the Battle of Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) in Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia), including mortar and artillery fire, infantry ...

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

Chinese refugees flee the fighting in Sourabaya (Surabaya/Soerabaja) in eastern Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).

On a street in Surabaya a ...

Great Britain

"FIGHTING LEPROSY IN INDIA: THE WORK AT DICHPALI". "ARRIVING AT DICHPALI STATION". Group of men sitting under Dichpali signpost. Crowd waits for train, train arrives. "THE ENTRNCE TO THE LEPER HOME". Exterior gateway, two natives walking, ...

GB

Incomplete version (the beginning is missing) of a film about the return home of Fijian soldiers who took part in the Pacific War.

Scenes of peacetime Fijian life cut with record of the Fijian soldiers advancing on ...

United States of America

United States of America

United States of America

"HITTING THE BEACH." Launch of LST, similar to type used in amphibious landings against Axis (Sicily, Salerno?). LSTs are loaded in Mediterranean port with armour and troops; pontoons lowered for off-shore landings. Amphibious ...

INDIAN INTER-SERVICE PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTORATE COLLECTION - INDIAN HOME FRONT AND MILITARY OPERATIONS, AND ALLIED OPERATIONS IN ITALY AND THE PACIFIC DURING THE SECOND WORLD WARIndia

As 32nd Indian Infantry Brigade, of ...

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

A fire blazes at the petrol dump of Kallang Airport, Singapore, and firefighters work to extinguish the flames.

Large petrol fire burning at night ...

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

RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).

Kangaw, on ...

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

A firepower demonstration near Imphal including mortar and shell fire, smoke screens and bombing by RAF Hawker Hurricanes.

Footage of a ...

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

At Yindaw, Burma, 7.2-inch howitzers of 8th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, are seen firing on Japanese positions.

Series of medium close-ups ...

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

Wide shot showing a jetty at Seletar naval base with a boat tied up alongside. On the jetty sacks of rice are unloaded from a lorry and put aboard a small boat. Close-ups of two ...

Government House, Rangoon, Burma 3 February 1942. Brief shot of a Burmese policeman standing guard in the grounds. Sustained view of Government House. Shot of Union Jack flag. Panning shot over the Shwe Dragon Pagoda and over the city of Rangoon. The ...

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

In Bangkok, capital of Siam (Thailand) the SS Pangan arrives carrying a cargo of 21,240-yard consignment of Indian cloth, the first to reach Bangkok ...

Great Britain

The Ground Nut Scheme in Africa by the United Africa Company.

Ghana

Scenes from the service conducted by His Lordship the Bishop of Accra at Bukom Square, Accra, Ghana.

Unedited takes of fishing and fishermen in Kenya.

There are several sequences divided by makeshift 'slates'. (1) Static shot of natural harbour (river ?) with fishermen bringing their boat ashore. (2) Local people ...