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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
'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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ( ...
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 ...
After crossing the River Irrawaddy at Singu, troops of the 6th Rajputana Rifles advance south towards Mandalay, Burmas second city.
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An armoured column known as Stiletto Force of 19th Indian Division advances towards Mandalay, Burma's second city.
A queue of motor vehicles, ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
Somewhere in Burma, probably during the ...
The reinforcement of beachheads after a night attack across the Irrawaddy River, Burma.
Mortars explode and boats are used by the 20th Indian ...
At a Traffic Control Post on the River Irrawaddy material is organised for ferry crossings to support a 20th Indian Division bridgehead.
Ordnance ...
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 ...
Gunners of the Royal Artillery take up position by the village of Pinkan, Burma, and prepare to shell Japanese positions.
Ordnance QF 25-pounder ...
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 ...
Crew of an Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun prepare emplacements in Kota, Northern Burma.
The guns of the 156th Battery, 178th Field Regiment, ...
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 ...
After stiff fighting for Myitson, 26th Brigade push through ruins towards Mongmit, Northern Burma.
Troops of the 2nd Battalion Royal East Kent ...
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, ...