... 1941. Up until that point, the battleship's war service had been unspectacular; in December ... the Far East just before the war against Japan ended in August 1945. ... signing of the Italian armistice is unique as war correspondents and cameramen are conspicuous ...

... types and costs of cameras and film; reasons for taking camera to war (‘a thought for the future’); recalls that he did ... them in high regard and felt that it was ‘not their war’; stopped filming after left North Africa. Took a brief ...

... on Santa Monica Mountain, Los Angeles.

IV "Roving Camera Reports": Americans fight the Japs near Buna, New Guinea.

American war planes blast Japanese in the Aleutian Islands. US Army heavy bombers return to Britain after an attack on the ...

... at Scapa Flow in February 1941. Up until that point, the battleship's war service had been unspectacular; in December 1939, she struck a ... and saw service in the Far East just before the war against Japan ended in August 1945. HMS Nelson was decommissioned ...

... Ceylon had an important part to play in the War. Providing a vantage point to both coasts ... in which it depicts the impact of the War on Ceylonese life. There is surprisingly little ... that captures the overt intrusion of War. Checkpoints are depicted and there ...

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I. "LAE AND HUON PENINSULA. 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION TRANSPORTED AND SUPPLIED BY UNITS OF 7TH US AMPHIBIOUS FORCE." General views of convoy in line off New Guinea. Landing beach - landing ships (including LST 475, LST 457 and LST 456) disembark their ...

... Presents a Popular Variety View" Agricultural workers. Growing rice. Preparing food. Trip to market. Dental posters in English. Various stalls. Ploughing. Water from ox driven well. "Buy war bond and stamps." Film ends on the stars and stripes.

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"Universal Pictures Presents a Popular Variety View" Delhi. Leader Newspsers Ltd building. Snake charmers. Ganges. Ajanta. Jodhpur. School. Taj Mahal. "Buy war bond and stamps." Film ends on the stars and stripes.

... angles. The camerawork is good and the colour quality is good throughout.

The last few minutes of the film are post-war (probably early 1960s) showing a group of three men returning to the battlefields of France. Shots include a probable reunion ...

... 1: Low angle medium close-up of (British or Australian?) prisoners of war (POWs), one of whom is a sergeant. A staff car passes ... by a Japanese cameraman, showing (1) well-fed Allied prisoners of war at or near Selarang Barracks in Changi, Singapore doing ...

... British Minister of State for the Middle East R G Casey introduces this retrospective edition, which traces the course of the war so far, placing events in the context of Churchill's "bold plan of Mediterranean strategy. Men of the British Expeditionary ...

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I. 'TANK BUSTERS.' Royal Air Force (RAF) ground crews replace the aerodynamic fairing on a 40mm Vickers Type S gun mounted under the wing of a Hawker Hurricane Mk IID fighter/ground attack aircraft. The commentary introduces the new mark of Hurricane ...