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I love it when this happens #filmcataloguing

Recently digitised - with the end of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific, a motorcycle trial is held for British 12th Army despatch riders at Rangoon in Burma. #filmcataloguing

Full film: IWM JFU 497 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

In Rangoon, Burma, Indian troops of 60 Workshop Company, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, reassemble a jeep in four minutes. This footage (sped up 4x) was recently digitised by IWM, and filmed by Alec Taylor in Oct 1945. #filmcataloguing

Film: IWM JFU 426 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

A film frame showing a motor launch flying signal flags

Wondering if any of my nautically inclined followers might know the meaning of this signal flag combination, being flown from a motor launch taking part in the 1945 Letpan landings in Burma, during the Second World War. Looks like the letters W-U. #filmcataloguing

Something to start the week off with a bang! 🧨💥

Recently digitised; in northern Burma in January 1945, British engineers from 36th Div dynamite abandoned Japanese bunkers (and nearly take out the cameraman). #filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film: IWM FUB 92 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised; in Burma in December 1944, Indian Engineers work to rebuild a railway bridge. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM FUB 58 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised; on the River Chindwin in Burma, British troops operate DUKW ('Duck') amphibious trucks, in January 1945. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM FUB 62 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised; in northern Burma in January 1945, British troops of 2nd Battalion the Buffs, advance through the jungle towards Myitson. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film, by cameraman Sergeant Ken Higgins: IWM FUB 98 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised; near Nyaungbintha on the Shwebo plain in Burma in January 1945, British gunners of 1st Medium Regiment bring a camouflaged 5.5-inch gun into action, and play cards after the shoot. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM FUB 52 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised; in northern Burma, near Pinwe, in Dec 1944, British gunners of 36th Div (probably 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery) haul a 25-pounder into a newly dug gun pit before enjoying a cup of tea #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM FUB 14 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised; at Kalewa on the River Chindwin in Burma in December 1944, a cameraman in a light aircraft films the construction of a floating pontoon Bailey bridge by Indian Army engineers. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM FUB 17 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - Indian tanks of the Scinde Horse are filmed on patrol in Damascus, capital of Syria, in June 1945. They cross the Barada river and pass the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya mosque. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM JIN 78 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - near Taunggyi in the Shan States of Burma, Indian troops fire 3-inch mortars against Japanese forces, July 1945. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM JIN 88 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised; at Yazagyo in Burma, US light aircraft are used to evacuate casualties from the 11st (East African) Division. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM FUB 11 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised by IWM - troops of 17th Indian Division, supported by armour & the guns of 18th (Self-Propelled) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, advance on the town of Pegu, 50 miles from the Burmese capital Rangoon #filmcataloguing #ww2

Full film: IWM JIN 66 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - in northern Burma in November 1944, British troops of 72nd Brigade fire a Vickers machine gun, during operations in the 'Railway Corridor' #filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film: IWM FUB 6 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - at Pinwe in northern Burma in November 1944, British troops of 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers enter the town, led by Pipe Major J McMenemy. Shot by the Army Film and Photo Unit, preserved by IWM. #filmcataloguing

Full film: IWM FUB 7 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised; at an English port (poss Newhaven) British troops embark for service in France with the British Expeditionary Force. Filmed by Harry Rignold for the War Office in September 1939, preserved by IWM #filmcataloguing

Full film: AYY 1-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

In France, in March 1940, British troops of the Royal Artillery and Pioneer Corps work to emplace a 9.2-inch heavy howitzer. Shot by Harry Rignold for the War Office, and recently digitised by IWM. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film: IWM AYY 13A/4 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

On the Isle of Wight, in July 1940, troops of (prob 6th Bn) Black Watch ride bicycles during anti-invasion training, supported by tracked carriers. Shot by Gerald Massy-Collier & recently digitised by IWM #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM AYY 27-2 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - at Ramree Town in Burma's Arakan region, two Indian soldiers (prob from the 1st Tripura Rifles) stage a mock duel with captured Japanese swords. Filmed by cameraman John Sprague in April 1945 #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film: IWM JIN 40 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - at Mokpalin in southern Burma, Japanese troops of the 53rd Division surrender to 1st Battalion, 10th Gurkha Rifles of the Indian Army, in September 1945. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film, by Gurkha cameraman N S Thapa: IWM JIN 123 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - June 1945; at Kalaw in the Shan States of Burma, British and Indian troops of 19th Indian Division enter the town. #filmcataloguing #ww2 #history

Full film, by Gurkha cameraman N S Thapa: IWM JIN 74 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - in London following heavy German bombing Indian troops of the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, mostly former merchant sailors, clear rubble from Sloane Square underground station. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film: IWM AYY 57 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - Blackburn Roc naval aircraft filmed during a divebombing demonstration in October 1940, either at Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire or Linton-on-Ouse in Yorkshire. #filmcataloguing #navalhistory #ww2 #avgeek #avhist

Full film: IWM AYY 47 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

A mobile phone in 1945.

In Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Indian troops work to restore communications, as seen in this recently digitised footage held in the IWM film archive. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film, by cameraman A R Hayat: IWM JIN 150 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Today in 1940, during exercises in northern France, a Matilda I tank named Daffodil from 4th Royal Tank Regiment struggles to climb a bank. Filmed by Harry Rignold of the War Office Film Unit. #filmcataloguing #history #OTD #WW2

Full film: IWM AYY 10-1 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - Operation Dracula, May 1945. Landing craft make their way upriver to Rangoon docks, during an amphibious landing at the Burmese capital by 26th Indian Division.
#filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film: IWM JIN 54 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - Op Dracula, May 1945; an amphibious landing against Rangoon in Burma. Troops and vehicles struggle with the muddy conditions, and engineers demolish an obstacle. Filmed by Mohammed Afzal Khan.
#filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film: IWM JIN 50 www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Recently digitised - July 1945, in Burma, Indian Engineers of the Madras Sappers and Miners build a suspension bridge over the Thaukyegat Chaung east of Toungoo. #filmcataloguing #history #ww2

Full film: IWM JIN 84 / www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...