Colonial troops in England for the Victory Parade on 8 June 1946.
Colonial troops arrive in Britain for the Victory Parade. First, 'officers and men of the great West African Frontier Force' arrive at Liverpool on the liner ...
For a detailed shotlist contact NFTVA. Items include: ENGLAND ROUT DUTCH SOCCER XI MR. ATTLEE OPENS FIRST POST-WAR LONDON FLATS MONTY IN PALESTINE INDIAN CRISIS - LONDON CONFERENCE GERMANY PREPARES FOR WINTER MEALS FOR SCHOOL ...
In Batavia, Dutch East Indies (Jakarta, Indonesia) a parade is mounted in honour of the birthday of Princess Beatrix.
Footage of the parade ...
Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey, commander Allied Land Forces South East Asia, visits troops on garrison duty on Labuan island off Borneo.
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Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.
Mountbatten gets out of a ...
Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, arrives in Rangoon, Burma, for a tour of inspection.
View from a high vantage ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is welcomed by the Supreme Allied ...
Jawaharlal Nehru, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives by air at Kallang Airport in Singapore and is welcomed by the Supreme Allied ...
Reel 1 Part 1, shot by Sergeant Wilson at Dalla dockyard, Rangoon: shot of the name 'Noel K Adam' above the paddlewheel of a steamer with thick black smoke billowing from a funnel. ...
In Hong Kong, British and Indian troops of the so-called 'Brindjap' force, bound for the occupation of Japan, mount a march past.
High shot ...
Film opens with captions detailing the history of, and current work of, the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU). "1914-1918 Ambulance trains and motor ambulance convoys in France and Belgium. Casualty hospitals in Dunkirk and Britain. Relief work in Belgium ...
Messages home from British Forces stationed in India
Messages home from British Forces stationed in India
Srinagar, Spring 1946
Srinagar, 1946
Short documentary about Bassein, a fishing village 25 miles north of Bombay on the shores of the Arabian Sea.
The film shows the family of a fisherman, one who owns his own boat. After he has set out for the day ...
I. "FIGHTING FOURTH WELCOMED HOME". At Karachi, Fourth Division return home after over six years of active service in the Mediterranean theatre. II. "FIELD PUBLICITY ORGANIZATION'S GREAT PROGRESS". At Bombay, mobile cinema ...
I. "THE CABINET MISSION ARRIVES IN INDIA". The Cabinet Mission arrive to try and break the political deadlock in India. The group is made up of Lord Patrick Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps and Mr. A.V. Alexander. II. " ...
I. "DEWAS SENIOR CELEBRATES VICTORY ON RULER'S VICTORY" Maharajah of Dewas presides at his own Durbar accompanied by the nobles and dignitaries of the state, and by his heir apparent, the Yuvaraja, who receives Atar Pan from ...
Documentary: Film shows examples of different aspects of India, religion, peasan ts and sophisticated society.
Amateur film of the residency at Mhow, India, and Freya Stark. stark is received by the Acting Resident Major W F. Webb when she called on 18th March 1945. Scenes of the residency gardens with the children and staff. Victory parades for ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include SURRENDERED U-BOATS NAZIS MARCH OUT OF HOLLAND THEIR MAJESTIES WITH INDIAN PRISONERS OF WAR AUSTRALIANS LAND IN BORNEO ANOTHER WEAPON OF VICTORY NEW HOUSING FOR BRITAIN
Amateur film taken by the political agent in Quetta while on tour. Film taken by the Political Officer Mr barlow and accompanied by the Forest Officer Mr Mieklejohn. The first camp being set up by porters and local coolies. The carvan on ...
INTEREST. The work of a district officer or magistrate in the province of Bengal.
Map of India showing the province of Bengal (33), rivers in the province (55), fertile plain, crops growing (70), modern communications - telegraph and tele- ...
"FIGHTING LEPROSY IN INDIA: THE WORK AT DICHPALI". "ARRIVING AT DICHPALI STATION". Group of men sitting under Dichpali signpost. Crowd waits for train, train arrives. "THE ENTRNCE TO THE LEPER HOME". Exterior gateway, two natives walking, ...
Scenes of the life of a farmer and his family in Maharashtra during the changing seasons of the year.
In 1943 the Film Advisory Board (FAB), the body that had been created to oversee the production of wartime documentaries in India, was ...Amateur travel film.
[From notes supplied by archive donor:]
Farewell to India 1945. Home, Cheam, Brother David's wedding, Nellie, 1952. Christening of John A. Jewell (nephew)
Bombay, the Gateway to India, Bombay Yachting Club, crowded street with street markets, Perth + Freemantel city scenes with the War Memorial.
Approach to Sydney harbour. The harbour. City scenes with Trade Fair carnival through ...
British, American, Indian and Chinese personnel released from Japanese captivity in Rangoon arrive by hospital ship in Calcutta.
A stretcher ...
Reel 1: Airmen Paddy and Jock sitting in a train compartment. They lean out of a window. Paddy leans from a window to buy bananas from a local girl. Scenic shots of the ...
Short section of footage of a railway locomotive for 'So This Is India'.
A train steams towards camera and passes very close; drivers or ...
Ballot papers are delivered by air to Calcutta, India, for distribution to RAF bases before the 1945 General Election.
Men stand by an RAF ...
Reel 1: Two airwomen sunbathing in a garden. Two women in civilian clothes sitting on a gate. A woman mounts a horse and goes riding. Airwomen outside their billet. Women ...
The Maharajah of Manipur's official dancers perform for airmen of the Royal Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force.
A young, female, Manipuri ...
RAF Republic Thunderbolt fighter-bombers use napalm against Kangaw, and firebombs are tested at Cox's Bazaar, India (Bangladesh).
Kangaw, on ...
Operations by RAF De Havilland Mosquito aircraft at Joari airfield, east of Cox's Bazaar, India, and paratroopers descending on Rangoon, Burma ...
Reel 1: Aerial footage; landscapes and cloudscapes. Mountains, possibly the Himalayas. A settlement on a plain. A Chinese city street, possibly in Chungking. A group of four ...
Reel 1: Men playing cricket; they are all wearing cricket whites. An Indian marching band performing. Various close-ups on different musicians playing trumpets, saxophones, ...
British servicemen go riding in Darjeeling, Bengal Province, India.
A mountain range shrouded with cloud. Five British servicemen ride along a ...
Air Chief Commandant Lady R M E Welsh, Director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ('the WAAFs') visits No. 9 RAF General Hospital in Calcutta, India ...
Airmen enjoy some time on leave in Bombay (Mumbai), India, while awaiting embarkation for return to the United Kingdom
Indian countryside seen ...
Reel 1: Men laden with kit board the Otranto at Bombay harbour. Female personnel of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ('the WAAFs') go aboard up a gangplank; Indian bearers carry ...
Reel 1: A parked RAF Short Stirling transport aircraft with a white-painted Consolidated Liberator behind it. General view of the airfield at Mauripur. A Liberator lands. ...
After the murder of five RAF aircrew and twenty Indian soldiers by Indonesian extremists, the village of Bekassi (Bekasi), near Batavia, Dutch East ...
Dutch civilians, presumably recently released from Japanese internment, play airmen of RAF Batavia at football.
Footage of the game in progress ...
Viscount Wavell and Lady Wavell visit an RAF airfield.
RAF Douglas Dakota aircraft with Union flag flying from the cockpit taxiing. The Viceroy ...
RAF Douglas Dakota transport aircraft deliver supplies 'over the Hump' of the Himalayas from Dum Dum, India to Kunming, China to assist the Chinese ...
Scenes of Bristol Beaufighter Mk X's of RAF 27 Squadron operating from Chiringa airfield, India.
View of runway with Bristol Beaufighters ...
