Messages home from British Forces stationed in Malaya

Messages home from British Forces stationed in Malaya

Messages home from British Forces stationed in India

Messages home from British Forces stationed in India

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Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Brighton. Film concludes with shots of production personnel, cameraman etc.

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No. 391 was the last issue of the CALLING BLIGHTY series.

... soon.

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Part of the opening titles are missing. This is probably towards the very end of the Calling Blighty production run, as much reference is made to demob (the WRNS person refers to coming home 1 March). ...

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Glasgow. Canteen scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.

Messages home from British Naval personnel in India (including WRNS) to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.

Messages home from British RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area (including Bolton). External scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel (with Black African Labour corps) in India to their loved ones in the Manchester, Stockport and Birmingham areas. External scenes.

Messages home from British Army personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes on the banks of the Irrawaddy.

Messages home from British RAF and Naval personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.

Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes (Irrawaddy?).

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Messages home from British Army personnel in Mandalay, Burma to their loved ones in the Worcester area. External scenes (evidence of the aftermath of the fighting in Mandalay in background).

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See 'Keep smiling, keep those chins up ...

Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area.

... internal clue to production date is remark "You should get these things by Christmas", implying late 1945. For history of CALLING BLIGHTY series see article by Paul Sargent in IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM REVIEW No. ...

... inside can and dated 26 November 1945 indicates film was sent by O.C. 13 Section AKS to County Welfare Officer, Dundee (although film is noted as CALLING BLIGHTY No. 131).

Hayes: VHS for donor please

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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Brighton and Hastings areas. Canteen scenes

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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Brighton, Haywards Heath, Newhaven and Hastings (Sussex).

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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Brighton.

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Fragment only. Sergeant George Roland ("Roly") Plews, standing beside Gunner Burnell, sends a message home from India to his wife Elsie and his mother in Newcastle, saying he is healthy and has just travelled one thousand miles to record his greeting ...

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Messages home from British Army personnel stationed in Burma to their loved ones in the Leicester area. Filmed in a tented field, a group of soldiers take it in turn to present a personal message to their family and friends in England. One man holds ...