... suggest that this is a result of screenwriter R.C. Sheriff’s anti-war views (2009: 26). On the other hand, the Khalipha ... film promotes the view of the British as bringing order to warring tribes in strategically placed territories. In spite of Harry& ...

... 24 August 1894. Originally producing textile shoes and sandals for indoor use, the business grew during the First World War as it catered for the increased demand in military footwear. In 1922 Tomas Bata visited India, returning again shortly afterwards ...

... with Japan's entry in the Second World War in December 1941.

Summary: with the ... was Captain Leslie Haliburton Ashmore. With a war raging throughout China between the ... got no further than Singapore before the war intervened. In February 1942, she was ...

... to an abrupt end with Japan's entry in the Second World War in December 1941.

Summary: with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander, ... 1938 to 12 September 1939 was Captain Leslie Haliburton Ashmore. War losses: HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall were sunk by ...

... with Japan's entry in the Second World War in December 1941.

Summary: with the rank ... Navy. Developed during the First World War, the paravane is a form of towed underwater ... army in the fifth century AD. With a war raging throughout China between the ...

... with Japan's entry in the Second World War in December 1941.

Summary: with the ... was Captain Leslie Haliburton Ashmore. With a war raging throughout China between the ... Japanese Nagara Class cruisers survived the war. Blundell describes the shoot by HMS ...

... on 4 September 1939 just after Great Britain's declaration of war on Nazi Germany showing members of HMS Kent's boarding ... Station as her routine changes over from peacetime to war.

Notes

Remarks: a competently-filmed and diverting record of ...

... in the first months of the Second World War, with good shots of all the ships ... end with Japan's entry in the Second World War in December 1941.

Summary: with the rank ... Indian Ocean. The Suffren survived the war and in November 1946 opened the postwar ...

... at work, Greeks dancing to violins. Visit to Cairo Zoo. Unreconstructed HMS Queen Elizabeth or HMS Malaya with Spanish Civil War red, white and blue identification bands over front turret. Mediterranean Fleet at sea. Ashore in the Verdala Palace Gardens, ...

... after three years of duty in northern waters, she was paid off into reserve and scrapped in 1948.

Remarks: an absorbing record taken in the final years of European domination of the Far East, with just a hint of the war with the Japanese to come.

... recognition stripes on B 4-inch gun - possibly HMS Glowworm. A First World War vintage Albury Class fleet minesweeper - known colloquially as a " ... for the Royal Navy at this time. Rare footage, too, of British naval involvement in the Spanish Civil War.