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

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. ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 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 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

As 36th Division approaches Mongmit, in northern Burma, troops of 9th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment advance on the village of Mahlainggon, on the ...

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

Troops of 36th Division advancing through close country somewhere in northern Burma.

Troops of 36th Division advance through tall grass. Men ...

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

Medium guns are fired on positions on the road between Pindale and Mahlaing, north of Meiktila, Burma, in support of an infantry attack by 17th Indian ...

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

As part of IV Corps' drive on Rangoon, capital of Burma, 123rd Brigade of 5th Indian Division occupy the town of Yamethin, on the Rangoon road.

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Animation. A War Office Instructional Film on the basic rules of personal hygiene, aimed at soldiers based in the Middle East.

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

76 Main Dressing Station, part of 25th Indian Division, sets up on Easy Beach on the Myebon Peninsula, in the Arakan coastal region of Burma, and ...

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

Sherman tanks and troops from the 1st Battalion the Burma Regiment proceeding up beach for an attack on the village of Nyaungu, Burma, and a visit to ...

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

7th Indian Division of IV Corps prepare to set up a beachhead across the Irrawaddy River, to coincide with XXXIII Corps advance on Mandalay, Burma, and ...

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

At the RAF's 81 Mobile Field Hospital, operating at Seletar in Singapore, both British servicemen and Japanese prisoners of war receive medical ...

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

Troops from 82nd West African Division arrive at Ru-Ywa, Burma, by boat and are met by Major-General Stockwell and Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe.

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

82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north east of the village of Tamandu, Arakan, Burma ...

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Amateur film shot by Lieutenant Harry Porter of the 8th (Belfast) HAA Regiment Royal Artillery gives detailed record of military and off-duty activities of his unit in Burma, 1942-1945, and of his own travels in wartime India. Film shows men of his ...

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

RAF airmen, stationed at Kai Tak aerodrome, enjoy a day off work in Hong Kong.

Landscape view of Kai Tak aerodrome panning to an old people's ...

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

RAF photo-reconnaissance Mosquito aircraft make an accidental flight over Mount Everest and Makalu in the Himalayan mountain range.

Aircrew ...

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

Japanese Lieutenant-Colonel Kazuo Kogi is taken to the site of a massacre in Hong Kong in 1943 in which he is accused of being involved.

Prison ...

Gives a picture of the daily life of men and women native students at Achimota College on the Gold Coast, with a commentary written and spoken by Dr. Julian Huxley.

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

Air Marshal Garrod, acting Allied Air Commander-in-Chief, visits RAF squadrons at forward airstrips at Tabingaung and Onbauk, Burma.

Air ...

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

British troops, probably of 1st Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, take up positions at Kabo Weir on the Mu River in Burma and mount a patrol.

Men ...