I. 'THE DAY WILL COME.' The commentary outlines a history of Japanese aggression over footage of Emperor Hirohito of Japan inspecting armoured crews with SHI-KI command tanks evident in the background. Japanese SHI-KI, CHI-HA and I-GO amphibious ...

I. 'AMERICA'S NEW FLYING WING.' A Northrop N9M-B flying wing (one third scale development aircraft for the projected XB-35 bomber) has its propellers hand-started and taxies for a take off from salt lake flats (Muroc ?), its tricycle undercarriage ...

I. 'THANKS TO THE NAVY.' The commentary outlines events leading to the despatch of the largest supply convoy yet to Malta under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Philip Vian, who is shown posing for photographs on the deck of an unidentified Royal Navy ...

India.

A map of India shows the provinces, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian sea. The commentary introduces this edition devoted entirely to matters Indian by stressing the contrasts found in the landscape between ...

I. 'BOMBER COMMAND STRIKES AGAIN.' Short Stirling bomber aircraft of 7 Squadron RAF are parked at dispersal prior to a raid on the Renault works at Billancourt, France. The Stirling's Bristol Hercules engines are warmed up as a tractor tows bombs of ...

I. 'ATS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.' British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) members are helped from the back of a truck on arrival at the ATS training centre at Sarafand, Palestine. ATS recruits are marched to an initial interview with an ATS Lieutenant ...

I. 'LORD GORT, GOVERNOR OF MALTA.' Air Marshal Tedder (Air Officer Commanding, Middle East) and Sir Walter Monckton are given a tour of Malta by Sir William Dobbie shortly before his retirement. Lord Gort, the new Governor, chats with them. The ...

Malta.

I. 'MALTA.' The commentary states that this film is dedicated to the people of Malta, "who can take it and give it!" Aerial views of Valletta follow showing extensive damage from Axis bombing. Maltese ...

I. 'JEEPS.' The commentary introduces the "Jeep" (General Purpose utility vehicle GP) over views of British Army officers driving a Willys MB 4x4 Jeep at speed along a Cairo street. The vehicle's ability to negotiate rough terrain is aptly ...

I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' The commentary stresses that "Britain's victory production drive is in full swing" and that tank production in particular is increasing in volume. Female factory workers brush anti-corrosion paint into vulnerable areas of an ...

I. 'ARMY POLICE DOGS.' Dog handlers from the Corps of Military Police march along with their canine charges as the commentary points out that many of the animals were handed to the Army police school for the duration of the war. The dogs, guided by ...

September 15th, 1940 - The Day that Saved the World.

I. 'SEPTEMBER 15th 1940-THE DAY THAT SAVED THE WORLD.' A retrospective edition covering events of interest in the two years following the aforementioned date. The ...

I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' King Haakon VII of Norway accompanied by Crown Prince Olav and Crown Princess Martha mount a viewing podium in Hyde Park to view a march past of Free Norwegian subjects on the occasion of the King's seventieth birthday. ...

I. 'NEWS FROM AMERICA.' The commentary states that mass production in the shipyards is America's reply to the U-boats. A large commercial shipbuilding yard is shown with heavy-lift cranes and slipways evident. Invited women dignitaries pose for ...

I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' Stockshot footage shows United States (US) infantry disembarking from the merchant troopship St Mihiel at a port in Northern Ireland in 1918. The commentary contrasts the arrival of the 1918 "Doughboys" with their counterparts ...

I. [Reel One] 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' Members of the Home Guard patrol Lake Windermere in small motor boats mounting a Vickers .303-in heavy machine guns on the bow. The commentary points out that until the arrival of the motor boats, the lake was ...

Promises Fulfilled - [Supplies].

I. 'PROMISES FULFILLED.' North American B-25 Mitchell bombers of the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) fly in loose formation. Royal Air Force (RAF) Martin Baltimore bombers drop ...

I. 'THE COMMANDO SPIRIT SPREADS.' The commentary outlines the adoption of the main tenets of Commando fighting methods by the forces of the United Nations. Gurkha troops make extensive use of foliage as cover during jungle exercises in Ceylon. ...

Simla and New Delhi. At 'The Races'. Large Military Parade. Govornor's Garden Party. Tiger hunt with large group of elephants. Servants attending to the preparation of clothing for formal occasions. Hunting expeditions.

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Tour in Upper Garhwal 1941-42. (Punjab) Scenic journey through high mountain country. Villages in the high mountains with local village life. Rope bridges over wide mountain rivers being crossed. European lady being carried in a ...

Family domestic holiday scenes in India. Big camp in desert with camel trains. Visit to Kashmir and its lakes.Himalayan landscapes. Family holiday on the coast of Brittany

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Offical residence with organisation of servants. The Layard girls & ponies & playing. Agricultural show .Coutryside scenes with bullocks, camel as draught animals. Tented camp with boys playing (non ball ) team games. Europeans with ...

Tea cultivation, warehousing.& processing. Informal parade with local troops before visiting dignitary. Large riverside religious /political meeting. Visit of Chinese /Tibetan delegation to grounds of official hill residence. Civil ...

For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include FIGHTER SWEEPS U.S. TROOPS ON THE MOVE DOBBIE OF MALTA COMES HOME MR. CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST SOLEMN PLEDGE REDEEMED AT ADDIS ABABA BRITISH SUBMARINE SUCCESSES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY CANADIANS CELEBRATE DOMINIONS DAY PREMIER SEES U.S. ARMY DEMONSTRATION WEST AFRICAN AERODROME AIDS WAR SUPPLIES THE MIDDLE EAST FRONT CONVOY TO MALTA

AMATEUR. Film of refugee and flood rescue operations in Burma.

Chaukan I. Diyum River. Flood rescues; elephants; Captain Whitehouse rescue. Rossiter family rescue.

Chaukan II. Namgoi Nuk. Rescue operations of refugees coming from Burma by ...

For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: ABOARD THE DUKE OF YORK STIRLING BOMBER PRODUCTION NEWS FROM GIBRALTAR DUTCH DESTROYER IN PORT ON THE INDUSTRIAL FRONT

Refugees at Nampong. The rescue of Sir john Rowland's party and sixty three Indians from flooded island inNamphuk River.

Unused INDIAN NEWS PARADE footage showing a squadron from the Royal Indian Navy under attack from Japanese aircraft.

An expedition goes to South America to find the papers proving the right of a jungle girl orphan to a large fortune.

For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include SUPPLY ROUTES IN THE FAR EAST INDIAN HEROES DECORATED NEWS FROM EGYPT FIGHTING THROUGH TO MALTA

For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include MALTA RECEIVES THE GEORGE CROSS THE BOSTON BOMBER AIR RAIDS IN JAPAN ARCTIC VOYAGE SCHOOL FOR BATTLE

For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include MALTA CONVOY BATTLES THROUGH CHURCHILL VISITS MIDDLE EAST A ROYAL TRAGEDY NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include MR. CHURCHILL WITH THE HOME GUARD BATTLE OF BRITAIN ANNIVERSARY REINFORCEMENT FOR THE MIDDLE EAST MR. WILLKIE ARRIVES IN EGYPT MR. WILLKIE MEETS ADMIRAL HARWOOD THE ISLAND FORTRESS OF ...

For detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include MORE AMERICANS LAND IN IRELAND MIDDLE EASTERN NEWS MORE UNDERGROUND FACTORIES INDIAN ARMY ENGINEERS LEASE-LEND STILL COMING FIGHTER AEROPLANE PRODUCTION

FAR EAST COMMAND: THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THE FAR EAST

Gulmarg, Autumn

Unedited rushes. Palestinian WAAFs at No. 10 Maintenance Unit, Kesfareet.

I. Reel One. A Sector, Algiers. LCM(1) 73 runs inshore near Algiers carrying troops who wave to the cameraman - they disembark and proceed inland. LS off the starboard bow of Viceroy of India and pan left to ...

Mute newsreel item

Maltese street scenes. Air-raid flag hoisted. Bofors crew man their gun. LS German Raider. Flak bursts. LS bombs exploding on the city. Fire tenders. LS of dive bomber and smoke pall created ...

Newsreel item showing supply convoy from Gibraltar to Malta, Operation Harpoon.

Opening view of Gibraltar from a ship at sea. CU of the cameraman Hardy, changing lenses on his De Vry camera. LS of HMS Malaya with the ...

I. Reel One. After an opening map showing the position of Malta there are establishing LSs over the convoy and its escorts - including the three carriers Furious, Victorious and Indomitable. Good MS off port ...

Opening shot over tail of Seafire IIC (serial MB.148) parked on cameraship HMS Victorious - Force H in XLS on horizon. French cargo-passenger ship Jamaique and a companion lie beneath the cliffs at Gibraltar. LSs of HMS Furious - she signals. Hunt ...

Malta supply operation MG.1, March 1942. Cameraship is HMS Cleopatra.

Convoy MW.10 at sea with a screen of Hunt Class escorts and cruisers and destroyers of the covering ...

I. Official Spanish visit to Gibraltar. Spanish officer (General Don Fernando Barron y Ortz, Governor of Algeciras ?) is received by Lieutenant-General Mason-MacFarlane, and they are entertained by a regimental ...

HMS Furious returns to Gibraltar carrying survivors from HMS Eagle, sunk during the Malta supply convoy Operation Pedestal.

Good MS off the starboard bow of HMS Furious as ...

I. Miscellaneous naval material. LS across harbour at Alexandria - Nelson Class battleship signals to shore. MS profile of H Class destroyer, Stern 3/4 MS, HMS Troubridge. Signal line shot between destroyers and despatch bag passed across. Night ...

I. Convoy at sea. XLS off the port bow of an escorting Leander Class cruiser - the cruiser fires repeatedly off to starboard. MS as HMS Porpoise flashes a signal - conditions are rough and overcast, and the ...