Following the breakout of Japanese forces in the Pegu Yomas, mortars, armoured cars, tanks and infantry are deployed to prevent their escape eastwards, ...

The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome (Pyay), south of Mandalay; after the road was ...

The Japanese Army constructed a road through the Arakan, Burma, from the An Valley to Taungup and Prome (Pyay), south of Mandalay; after the road was ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Air Vice Marshal Bouchier ( ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Two Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-57 ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

At Mingaladon airfield, ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield, near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary surrender negotiations.

Japanese delegates, led by ...

With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of the River Sittang near Mokpalin, Burma, to discuss ...

With the surrender of Japan, a party of Japanese troops arrives in British territory on the banks of the River Sittang near Mokpalin, Burma, to discuss ...

Japanese emissaries arrive at Mingaladon airfield near Rangoon, Burma, to begin preliminary negotiations for surrender of Japanese forces in south ...

Japanese emissaries, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata, sign an instrument of surrender in Rangoon, Burma.

Lieutenant-General Numata ( ...

Japanese envoys sign a preliminary treaty at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.

Interior footage with live sound in the hall at Government House. ...

Japanese envoys sign a preliminary agreement at Government House, Rangoon, Burma.

Interior footage shot from a high point looking down over the ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff), depart ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff), depart ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff) sign a ...

Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata (Chief of Staff, Southern Army) and Rear Admiral Kaigye Chudo (Deputy Chief of Staff) sign a ...

Japanese artillery pieces which have been captured in and around the town of Meiktila, central Burma, are lined up for inspection.

A line of ...

Japanese internees arrive at Kai Tak airstrip, Kowloon, Hong Kong, for a day of labour under RAF supervision.

Two lorry loads of Japanese ...

Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to Pearl Hill Jail.

Japanese ...

Japanese troops of the Kempeitai are marched through Singapore from the headquarters of the Field Security Section to Pearl Hill Jail.

Japanese ...

Crowd watching from rails at the Royal Turf Club in Bangkok; camera pans to follow the horses. Rear quarter close-up of British spectator. British other ranks of 1st Battalion ...

Aerial footage shows Mandalay (Burma) and outlying villages during the assault by British troops of 19th Indian Division on Japanese positions.

A ...

Blindfolded Japanese(?) prisoners on board naval vessel; Japanese survivors in the water.

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Technical: this reel was originally ...

Before the formal Japanese surrender ceremony in Singapore, surrendered Japanese troops clean up the city while freed Allied prisoners and local ...

Amateur film shot by various unidentified Royal Navy officers. Canadian sailors (presumably from HMCS Prince Robert, arrived Hong Kong 30 August 1945) land on jetty at Kowloon and escort away Japanese soldiers (prior to formal surrender on 16 ...

Following the surrender of their country, Japanese troops are interned in prison camps in Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Interior shots in the office of ...

Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian Division's headquarters at Penwegon, ...

Prisoners, captured during a recent breakout operation by the Japanese 28th Army, are seen arriving at 17th Indian Division's headquarters at Penwegon, ...

On the eve of the Japanese surrender in South East Asia, interned Japanese personnel are put to work in Singapore.

Japanese prisoners of war doing ...

Japanese prisoners are seen receiving medical treatment at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station at Pegu, Burma.

Rows of sick or wounded Japanese ...

Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) are shaved at 13 Indian Casualty Clearing Station. Two POWs prepare food; one stirs a pot of rice while another chops vegetables. An armed soldier ...

With the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, interned Japanese troops are put to work on manual labour tasks.

Japanese troops shovelling a ...

With the surrender of Japanese forces in Singapore, interned Japanese troops are put to work on manual labour tasks.

Human chain of Japanese ...

Surrendered Japanese troops are put to work unloading ships at Kowloon docks near Hong Kong.

Seated Japanese troops; a commando with a Thompson ...

162 members of the Kempeitai, the Japanese secret police, are jailed at Taiping in Perak, Malaya.

Column of Japanese marching through Taiping with ...

Onboard the Royal Navy Nelson-class battleship HMS Nelson Japanese officers surrender the port and city of Penang, Malaya (Malaysia) to the Allies ...

At Municipal Hall, Singapore, Japanese officers led by General Itagaki formally surrender all forces in south east Asia to Lord Mountbatten, Supreme ...

Colour film shot by official naval cameraman of the formal Japanese surrender in the gardens of Government House, Hong Kong on 16 September 1945, celebratory gun salute by HMS Swiftsure and coverage of some of ...

Reel 1: Rather underlit interior shots, filmed with live sound, at Municipal Hall, Singapore. A sailor and soldier stand guard at the door. Senior Allied officers file in and take ...

At the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, the commander of Japanese 29th Army (Lieutenant-General Ishiguro) surrenders to the commander of ...

At Government House, Hong Kong, senior Japanese officers surrender the territory to British officers led by Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser ...

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, commander of the British Pacific Fleet, arrives at Hong Kong before the formal Japanese ...

Film of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten arriving at Singapore in advance of the formal Japanese surrender, and the surrender of Seletar airfield ...

I. Onboard USS Missouri the Japanese representatives wait after signing the instrument of surrender - General MacArthur seats himself prior to signing. Cut to sequence showing Admiral Fraser signing for Great ...