General Sir Frank Messery, General Officer Commanding Malaya, opens a Bailey bridge built by Royal Indian Engineers of the Queen Victoria's Own Madras ...

Sir Miles Lampson, Lord Killearn, Special Commissioner to South East Asia, arrives at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is greeted by Lord Mountbatten ( ...

Reel 1: 14 March 1946, at 1530 hours: looking aft as the cameraman's vessel, Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM) 7063, leaves the jetty at Penang, Malaya. Water churning at the stern. ...

Shot on 28 March 1946: General Leclerc, commander of French forces in Indo-China, steps out of a staff car and is introduced to Lieutenant-Colonel Roe, the commander of the Punjabi ...

At Myitnge, on a tributary of the River Irrawaddy, Burma, the Royal Indian Engineers work to complete a major bridgebuilding project.

View looking ...

Sawai Man Singh II, Maharajah (Maharaja) of Jaipur, visits Hong Kong and inspects Indian troops of the Jaipur Guards (Indian State Forces).

At ...

At the Royal Selangor Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, the 1st Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment beat the retreat before an audience including the Sultan of ...

View from the steps of the Municipal Building as Gimson's car draws up and he gets out. Troops and spectators at the top of the steps; Gimson leaves and descends the steps. He ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Brown: McKerron and Major-General Lionel Cox, commander Singapore District, leaving the Municipal Building. McKerron, Cox and others at the salute for the ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilcox on 26 March 1946: Lord Killearn and an unidentified officer walking in the grounds of Government House, Singapore. Killearn and other delegates pose ...

In Rangoon, capital of Burma, an athletic meeting is held at which troops from Rangoon and 454 Sub-Areas compete at track and field events.

Three ...

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, a race meeting is held, sponsored by headquarters Malaya Command.

Wide shot of the starting line and competitors at the ...

1st Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment prepare to leave Surabaya (Sourabaya/Soerabaja) in Java, Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) on the troopship HMT ...

Sir Edward Gent, recently installed Governor of the Malayan Union, watches a football match between the British Army and a visiting team of professional ...

Sir Miles Dempsey, commander of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), departs by air from Kallang airport, Singapore, and a number of senior ...

Sir Miles Dempsey, commander of Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA), departs by air from Kallang airport, Singapore, and a number of senior ...

For the first time since the liberation of Rangoon, Burma, almost a year previously, the people of the city celebrate the Water Festival with lavish ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilcox: High and wide shot from the Kallang terminal building; an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft is taxiing. Dakota with reception committee and ...

At the Burma Athletic Association in Rangoon, capital of Burma, an athletic meeting is held and teams from various military formations compete for the ...

Footage from a Malaya Command athletics competition held at Kuala Lumpur, with senior military and civil figures in attendance.

Various views of ...

In Hong Kong troops of No.1 and No.5 Army Commando patrol the streets.

Two commandos patrol the waterfront. They board an apparently suspicious ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Hutchins on 16 April 1946: Reginald Dorman-Smith, Governor of Burma, walking up the steps of the Municipal Building in Singapore. Union flag flying; tilt ...

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Tulloch: Lieutenant-General Fukuye is hooded by a British military policeman (MP); a group includes the MPs, and a Japanese interpreter (?). Fukuye, hooded ...

The 1st Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment celebrate their centenary with a formal presentation of new colours at Kuala Lumpur, with Lord Mountbatten, the ...