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

Off-duty RAF ground crew from a nearby forward airstrip spend a few hours visiting the ancient Burmese capital of Shwebo, in Sagaing, north-west of ...

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

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 ...

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

Part 1, shot on 6 March 1946: Platform sign reads 'Kowloon'. Repeat shot of the sign with pan to a passenger locomotive reversing. Chinese labourers wearing conical straw hats at ...

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

Shot on 23 October 1945: view of Rempang Island from the sea. View of the Japanese naval HQ ship, the Aki Maru. Views of the island. Views of typical jungle country on the island. ...

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

Reel 1: Shot from Sunderland of repairs to float and refuelling from DUKW amphibious truck. Airmen hanging washing out on hull of Sunderland. Airborne shots of Brahmaputra River ...

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

'T for Tommy', a Short Sunderland flying boat of RAF 230 Squadron tasked with delivering rice to Kuantan in Malaya, is seen beached after crashing ...

ACTUALITY: German version of "Attack" - The Battle of New Britain: An authentic account of U.S. attacks on Japanese - held New Britain in the Pacific. The narration in German explains the strategy of attack and emphasises the thoroughness of ...

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Part I: The arrival of young civilians at primary training centre. "Royal Armoured Corps", A13 Cruisers, A10 Matilda and Valentine tanks on manoeuvres, 'Churchill' being used to demolish house. "Royal Artillery", firing of light and heavy artillery ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

Soldiers on a tank as it travels on a transporter.

(Reel 9) American tank crews attached to the 3rd County of London Yeomanry line up as the cook sounds the gong for lunch. The men sitting and ...

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START 10:45:20 Filmed sometime early in 1946, a train carrying men of the 11th (East African) Division returning from active service in Burma pulls into Nairobi railway station. A band belonging to the King's African Rifles plays on one of the ...

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

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 ...

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

After the headquarters of 7th Indian ...

COLONEL HODGKINSON - SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMANDGB

The first soldier wears a beret with metal cap badge, his shoulder flash is of two (white) crossed keys on a black background, the 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, part of the 2nd Infantry Division. ...

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

Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy, commander Malaya Command, inspects men and vehicles of 16th Light Cavalry.

Messervy inspects a guard of ...

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

Film showing a battery of Priest 105mm self-propelled (SP) guns in action at Payagale, and Allied prisoners of war, freed from Rangoon jail, seen after ...

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

Confronted by a blown bridge on the road to Rangoon, capital of Burma, tanks and motor vehicles of 63 Brigade, 17th Indian Division, ford a chaung ( ...

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

A battery of Ordnance SB 4.2-inch mortars firing. At Hlegu chaung (river or watercourse) vehicles are hauled up the riverbank. An Indian Army Public Relations officer, Captain ...

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Scenes of headquarters staff of RAF Coastal Command 19 Group at work, shot for inclusion in RAF COASTAL COMMAND.

Aerial view from Sunderland of convoy at anchorage off coast and of harbour ( ...

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

Film shot by Sergeant Abbott: Aerial footage; the camera looks through the windscreen of an RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft of RAF 194 Squadron towards hills shrouded in ...

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

On the Maungdaw- ...

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

After crossing the River Irrawaddy at Singu, troops of the 6th Rajputana Rifles advance south towards Mandalay, Burmas second city.

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

An armoured column known as Stiletto Force of 19th Indian Division advances towards Mandalay, Burma's second city.

A queue of motor vehicles, ...

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

Just days after the capture of Maymyo (now Pyin U Lwin), central Burma, the town is used as a leave and rest centre for British soldiers.

275th ...

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

20th Indian Division formed a bridgehead over the River Irrawaddy, crossing at Myinmu, Burma, on the night of 12 February 1945 and reinforced it over ...

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

Reel 1: RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter-bombers overhead. Lee medium tanks driving along a dusty road. A Lee passes with infantry crowded on its rear hull. A column of tanks and ...

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 Burma, probably during the ...

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

At Mawlaik in Burma troops of 20th ...

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

The reinforcement of beachheads after a night attack across the Irrawaddy River, Burma.

Mortars explode and boats are used by the 20th Indian ...

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

At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a 20th Indian Division bridgehead.

Ordnance ...

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 India, troops of 20th ...

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

Near Pauktabin in central Burma, 25-pounder field guns fire a barrage.

Various angles of a 25-pounder gun being fired. The battery position is in ...

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

Gunners of the Royal Artillery take up position by the village of Pinkan, Burma, and prepare to shell Japanese positions.

Ordnance QF 25-pounder ...

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

A battery of Ordnance QF 25-pounder field guns in action in Burma.

A lorry reverses towards a treeline and a 25-pounder gun and limber are hooked ...

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

Crew of an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun prepare emplacements in Kota, Northern Burma.

The guns of the 156th Battery, 178th Field Regiment, ...

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

25-pounder field guns of 18th Indian Field Battery, 26th Indian Division, XV Indian Corps, are seen shelling the village of Taungup in the Arakan, Burma ...

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

After stiff fighting for Myitson, 26th Brigade push through ruins towards Mongmit, Northern Burma.

Troops of the 2nd Battalion Royal East Kent ...

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

Preparations for an attack by British troops on Myitson, North Burma.

Unloading and use of pontoon boats to cross the river by the 26th Brigade, ...

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

Part 1, shot by Sergeant Benedict: Outside a wooden hut (a command post?) a British brigadier wearing the triangular insignia of 26th Indian Division gets into a jeep with a number ...

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

Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.

Troops of 5th Battalion 9th Jat ...

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

Troops of 26th Indian Division participate in a march past in Rangoon, the recently liberated capital of Burma.

Troops of 5th Battalion 9th Jat ...

BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WARGB

AYY 199-1. 19 Mar. 1942. Firing of 2lb anti-tank guns at a practice shoot in Mena. Gun team in action, gun fired on and off the lorry.

AYY 199-2-1. 7 Mar. 1942. General Auchinleck holds investiture ...

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

Troops of 2nd Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles (4th Indian Infantry Brigade, 26th Indian Division) advancing south after amphibious landings at ...

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

Aboard the troopship MV Dilwara Indian soldiers of 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment prepare to lead the reoccupation of Singapore.

Troops ...

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

The British 36th Division advances from India into northern Burma and various activities to aid the advance are carried out.

Before the attack on ...

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

The 2nd British Division cross the Irrawaddy River in order to carry out the first daylight attack on Japanese positions and to secure and expand the ...

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

A 2nd Division mobile concert party sets up in Manipur, India, before staging a show for troops of XXXIII Corps.

The camera, in an open area, ...